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Full of grains; abounding with granular substances; granular.

nfluence, etc. Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. Shak. A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity. Milton.

To agree. [Obs.] Fuller.

Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. Burke.

A bosom friend. [Obs.] Fuller.

Full of grief or sorrow. Sackvingle.

ves ground for complaint. [Obs.] Petition . . . against the bishops as grand grievancers. Fuller.

Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev"ous*ly, adv. -- Griev"ous*ness, n.

Full of grime; begrimed; dirty; foul.

Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.

ars have grown out of commercial considerations. A. Hamilton. -- To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children. -- To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. Howells.

increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are f…

Full of grudge; envious. "Grudgeful discontent." Spenser.

The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge or unwillingness.

Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty. -- Guile"ful*ly, adv. -- Guile"ful*ness, n.

Full of whirlpools or gulfs. Chapman.

n both sexes the wings are marked by dark lines and a dark lunule. The caterpillars, when full- grown, have a grayish mottled appearance, with blue tubercles on the anterior and red tubercles on the posterior part of the body, all giving rise to long yellow and black hairs. They usually pupate in July and the moth appe…

is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.

Fixed by habit; accustomed. [Obs.] So habited he was in sobriety. Fuller.

of the opponent, generally behind, and the hand placed upon the back of his neck. In the full nelson both hands are so placed.