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Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." Congrewe.

Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. Grew.

apacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active. "A Being eternally energetic." Grew.

Ubiquity; omnipresence. [R.] Grew.

To deprive or clear of flesh. Grew.

thematics, or classics. Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. Gen. xlix. 4. Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. Pope.

Capable of existence. Grew.

ehind the head becomes broad, from whence it is again extenuated all the way to the tail. Grew.

to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. "Old wives' fables. " 1 Tim. iv. 7. We grew The fable of the city where we dwelt. Tennyson.

The state of being far off; distance; remoteness. [R.] Grew.

s. The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, . . . to part with Sardinia. Grew.

process of handling or touching with the fingers. The mere sight and fingering of money. Grew.

Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot. "Footed like a goat." Grew.

ull; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.] His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and fresh. Golding.

, or apply (one's self). The Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice. Grew. -- To give place, to withdraw; to yield one's claim. -- To give points. (a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a certain advantage; to allow a handicap. (b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.] -- To give…

on doth not only gradually, but specifically, differ from the fantastic reason of brutes. Grew.

Same as Grewsome. [Scot.]

surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. Forests grew Upon the barren hollows. Prior. I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. Tennyson.

The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Shak. Grew.

Furnished with hoofs. Grew.