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Angry. [Obs.] Havelok, the Dane.

ter of pure water at its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain, n., 4. Gram degree, or Gramme degree (Physics), a unit of heat, being the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water one degree centigrade. -- Gram equivalent (Electrolysis), that quantity of the metal w…

The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya.

Necromancy; magic. Sir W. Scott.

Gaiters reaching to the knee; leggings. Strong gramashes, or leggings of thick gray cloth. Sir W. Scott.

Anger; wrath; scorn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A word formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks. Gramercy, Mammon, said the gentle knight. Spenser.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the grasses; gramineous; as, graminaceous plants.

Gramineous.

Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2.

Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.

Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals.

Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. pitman.

ctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar. The original bad grammar and bad spelling. Macaulay.

One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.

The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians. [R.]

Without grammar.

Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar. [Obs.] Ford.

Grammatical.

Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule.