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Lightening. [R.] Dr. H. More.

A colorless, oily substance, C4H4O, obtained by distilling certain organic substances, as pine wood, salts of pyromucic acid, etc.; -- called also tetraphenol.

continue with you all for your furthersnce and joy of faith. Phil. i. 25. Built of furtherance and pursuing, Not of spent deeds, but of doing. Emerson.

An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin.

See Galloway. [Scot. garron or gerron. Jamieson.]

acting as a generant.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of pants (Geraniaceæ) which includes the genera Geranium, Pelargonium, and many others.

A valuable astringet obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill.

nus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill.

The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc.

An ornamental branched candlestick.

Glittering. [Obs.] Spenser.

See Grenade.

The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit of Passiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices.

thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain. The exhaustless granary of a world. Thomson.

See Garnet.

Mannite; -- so called because found in the pomegranate.

See Staurolite.

or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake. "Our grand foe, Satan." Milton. Making so bold . . . to unseal Their grand commission. Shak.

See Gramercy. [Obs.]