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The division of a design or draught into squares, in order the more easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions.

A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions.

An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences. Grease bush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below). -- Grease moth (Zoöl.), a pyralid moth (Aglossa pinguinalis) whose larva eats greasy…

Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.

An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amoebiform; -- called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria.…

w). -- Gregorian chant (Mus.), plain song, or canto fermo, a kind of unisonous music, according to the eight celebrated church modes, as arranged and prescribed by Pope Gregory I. (called "the Great") in the 6th century. -- Gregorian modes, the musical scales ordained by Pope Gregory the Great, and named after the an…

gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests.

An assemblage of objects in a certain order or relation, or having some resemblance or common characteristic; as, groups of strata.

To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.

To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train. He will guide his affairs with discretion. Ps. cxii. 5. The meek will he guide in judgment. Ps. xxv. 9.

e under Peach. -- Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica, a tree of the order Anonaceæ, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper Æthiopicum. --Guinea pig.

are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary. As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in the powder runne. Chaucer. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing…

A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.

nce which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.

The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale.

the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop. Gutta serena Etym: [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis. -- Guttæ band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the guttæ hang.

Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs (Guttiferæ) noted for their abounding in a resinous sap.

aratory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind. More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than universities. Hallam.

An order of Bryozoa, having no epistome.

The order of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or electrical eel. The dorsal fin is wanting.