Search the Dictionary

edusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.

Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied; as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good repute, etc. A good name is better than precious ointment. Eccl. vii. 1. As good as. See under As. -- For good, or For good and all, completely and finally; fully; truly. The good woman never died after this, til…

A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos. Malcom.

us, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column.

f every grade; grades of flour. They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure, teachers of every grade. Buckle.

One who writes on, or teaches, grammar.

raph etched in some solid material. Reproduction is accomplished by means of a system attached to an elastic diaphragm.

; a grand view; a grand conception. They are the highest models of expression, the unapproached masters of the grand style. M. Arnold.

intense annoyance. -- Grapple shot (Life-saving Service), a projectile, to which are attached hinged claws to catch in a ship's rigging or to hold in the ground; -- called also anchor shot.

A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant. [Written also griego.]

Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Gren…

A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.

rojecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.

One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural.

(Dredging, Pile Driving, etc.) A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage.

To become attached of fixed; to adhere. Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow. Shak. Growing cell, or Growing slide, a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope. -- Grown over, covered with a growth. -- To…

woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.

A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder. Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.

l motion; -- called also guide, and slide bar. -- Guide block (Steam Engine), a block attached in to the crosshead to work in contact with the guide bar. -- Guide meridian. (Surveying) See under Meridian. -- Guide pile (Engin.), a pile driven to mark a place, as a point to work to. -- Guide pulley (Mach.), a pulley…

Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery. Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47. To wage by force or guile eternal war. Milton.