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The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.

sciplining, etc.; education. Fan training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan. -- Horizontal training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall spread out laterally in a horizont…

tch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes. Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear. Pope.

ageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape. Milton.

nd. Shak. That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our native and uncultivated grapes. Hawthorne. -- Un*gen"tle*ness, n. -- Un*gen"tly, adv.

A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape.

A conserve made of grapes.

Resembling a grape.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically, designating an organic acid, C7H8O3 (also called pyrotritartaric acid), obtained as a white crystalline substance by the decomposition of tartaric and pyrotartaric acids.

The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice.

s; -- called also vermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Small solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation. See Illust. under Digestion.

Belonging to, or like, wine or grapes.

Of or pertaining to a vintage, or grape harvest. [R.]

The operation of gathering grapes. [Obs.] Bailey.

Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.

One who cultivates, prunes, or cares for, grapevines; a laborer in a vineyard. The sons of the shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. Isa. lxi. 5.

A structure, usually inclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery.

An inclosure or yard for grapevines; a plantation of vines producing grapes.

The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840.

The act of gathering the vintage, or crop of grapes.