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imp. of Grow.

Ugly; frightful. Grewsome sights of war. C. Kingsley.

The Cornish chough. See under Chough. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew.

Abstaining from wine. [Orig. Latin sense.] Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. Milton.

An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear. Grew.

To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged. They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that. Holland. I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-colored, hair here and there. Landor.

to or between. [Obs.] The agreeableness between man and the other parts of the universe. Grew.

An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot. The ait where the osiers grew. R. Hodges (1649). Among green aits and meadows. Dickens.

taining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. Grew.

To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment. [Archaic] Grew.

eing becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. The becomingness of human nature. Grew.

Having thick lips. "A blobber-lipped shell." Grew.

Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance. Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew. Pope.

Crossbarres; marked with cross lines. Grew.

Subdued by love; charmed; captivated. Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart Grossly grew captive to his honey words. Shak.

; inattentive; unmindful; regardless. My brother was too careless of his charge. Shak. He grew careless of himself. Steele.

nity. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. Spenser.

Furnished with claws. N. Grew.

The process of cohobating. Grew.