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GRIEVABLE a.
Lamentable. [Obs.]
GRIEVANCE n. 2 definitions
Grieving; grief; affliction. The . . . grievance of a mind unreasonably yoked. Milton.
GRIEVANCER n.
One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint. [Obs.] Petition . . . against the bishops as grand grievancers. Fuller.
GRIEVE v. 3 definitions
To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to affect; to hurt; to try. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Eph. iv. 30. The maidens grieved themselves at my concern. Cowper,
GRIEVE; GREEVE n.
f any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [Scot.] Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve. Sir W. Scott.
GRIEVER n.
One who, or that which, grieves.
GRIEVING a. 2 definitions
Sad; sorrowful; causing grief. -- n.
GRIEVOUS a. 3 definitions
Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful. The famine was grievous in the land. Gen. xii. 10. The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight. Gen. xxi 11.
HARIER n.
See Harrier.
HARRIER n. 3 definitions
One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares. [Written also harier.]
HAURIENT a.
In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air.
HEARTGRIEF n.
Heartache; sorrow. Milton.
HENRIETTA CLOTH n.
A fine wide wooled fabric much used for women's dresses.
HERIE v.
To praise; to worship. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HIGH PRIEST n.
A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
HIGH-PRIESTHOOD n.
The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
HIGH-PRIESTSHIP n.
High-priesthood.
HISTORIED a.
Related in history.
HISTORIER n.
An historian. [Obs.]
HISTORIETTE n.
Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story. Emerson.
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