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Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.

That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.

A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

n each of the three strands. Knight. All is grist that comes to his mill, all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit. [Colloq.] -- To bring grist to the maill, to bring profitable business into one's hands; to be a source of profit. [Colloq.] Ayliffe.

The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope.

That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.

That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. Nature multiplies her fertile growth. Milton.

Anything very small, or of little value. [R.]

An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise. A poet must confess His art 's like physic -- but a happy guess. Dryden.

y one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator; as:

liquid in a large quantity, and with force; the fluid thus emitted; a rapid outpouring of anything; as, a gush of song from a bird. The gush of springs, An fall of lofty foundains. Byron.

Anything resembling a gusset in a garment; as:

Anything that can be tasted. [Obs.]

A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod o…

Place where anything is commonly found. This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. Earle.

One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple. Not half his riches known, and yet despised. Milton. A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us. Tennyson. Better half. See under Better. -- In half, in two; an express…

To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer. Whereon this month I have hammering. Shak.

A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. W. Browne.

The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.

eath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See Pan. -- Hard rubber. See under Rubber. -- Hard solder. See under Solder. -- Hard water, water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it…