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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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GRITTINESS n.
The quality of being gritty.
GROSSNESS n.
The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness. Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the' ear of delicacy. Dr. T. Dwight.
GROTESQUENESS n.
Quality of being grotesque.
GRUDGINGNESS n.
The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge or unwillingness.
GUILTINESS n.
The quality or state of being guilty.
GUMMINESS n.
The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.
GUMMOSITY n.
Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality or nature. [R.] Floyer.
GUTTATRAP n.
cisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality.
GUTTURALISM n.
The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.] Earle.
GUTTURALITY n.
The quality of being guttural. [R.] "The old gutturality of k." Earle.
GUTTURALNESS n.
The quality of being guttural.
HALFNESS n.
The quality of being half; incompleteness. [R.] As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at halfness, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong. Emerson.
HANDINESS n.
The quality or state of being handy.
HANDSOMENESS n.
The quality of being handsome. Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mere imaginative. Hare.
HARD a. 19 definitions
h lying beneath 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 r…
HARDNESS n. 3 definitions
The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively. The habit of authority also had given his manners some peremptory hardness. Sir W. Scott.
HARSHNESS n.
The quality or state of being harsh. O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. Shak. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Pope.
HASTINESS n.
The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.
HAUGHTINESS n.
The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.
HAWKBILL n.
A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.
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