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Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted. Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! Shak. Torrents of frantic abuse. Macaulay. -- Fran"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Fran"tic*ly, adv. Shak. -- Fran"tic*ness, n. Johnson.

Lightening. [R.] Dr. H. More.

acting as a generant.

The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc.

nce of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition. Grant me the place of this threshing floor. 1 Chrcn. xxi. 22.

Capable of being granted.

The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made. His grace will not survive the poor grantee he despises. Burke.

One who grants.

The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made.

r performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty. His interest seemed to be a guarantee for his zeal. Macaulay.

One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety.

ontract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security.

A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, etc., showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator. By it are found the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, the altitude of objects in degrees, etc. See Gunter's scale.

Gyrating. [R.]

A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug.

One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust. of Hydroidea.

Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened. Henslow.

tened. He that doth not know those things which are of use for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides. Tillotson.

The spirit of those who extol the advantage to ignorance; obscuriantism.

One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscuriantist.