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The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.

fectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.

A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.

Turf green with grass.

The state or quality of being green; verdure. [R.] The greenth of summer. G. Eliot.

See Greenbroom.

Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade. Dryden.

he intervention of another, or by writing or token. My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you. Shak.

One who greets or salutes another.

salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent. Write to him . . . gentle adieus and greetings. Shak.

See Grieve, an overseer.

A step. See Gree, a step. [Obs.] The top of the ladder, or first greeze, is this. Latimer.

In good part; kindly. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

e in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law. If music and sweet poetry agree. Shak. Their witness agreed not together. Mark xiv. 56. The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you. Sir T. Browne.

The quality of being, or making one's self, agreeable; agreeableness. Thackeray.

Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste. A train of agreeable reveries. Goldsmith.

The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope.

In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly. "Agreeably entertained." Goldsmith.

In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably. [Obs.]