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own, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse. Give my roan a drench. Shak.

To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan. For we . . . do groan, being burdened. 2 Cor. v. 4. He heard the groaning of the oak. Sir W. Scott.

Agonizing; sad. [Obs.] Spenser.

Analysis of the structure of materials from careful observation of photomicrographs.

Provender or food. [Obs.] One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day. Beau. & Fl.

A salt of pyroantimonic acid.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of antimony analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.

To groan beneath. [Obs.] Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. Chapman.

er or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach. What numbers groan for sad admission there! Young.

, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water. Shak. Burning with high hope. Byron. The groan still deepens, and the combat burns. Pope. The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Milton.

Gay or rich clothing. My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. Smollett.

To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity. Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight Of age, disease, or want, commiserate. Denham. We should commiserate our mutual ignorance. Locke.

orred deep to utter woe. Milton. To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike to groan. Gray. And they shall condemn him to death. Matt. xx. 18. The thief condemned, in law already dead. Pope. No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn. Goldsmith.

some original work of art or of the imagination; nature. We know that the whole creation groaneth. Rom. viii. 22. A dagger of the mind, a false creation. Shak. Choice pictures and creations of curious art. Beaconsfield.

In a manner to occasion death; mortally. The groanings of a deadly wounded man. Ezek. xxx. 24.

Deeply fetched or drawn. [Obs.] "Deep-fet groans." Shak.

degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. Milton. Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. Milton.

inhalation; to heave. "Where I first drew air." Milton. Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. Dryden.

down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. "A drench of wine." Dryden. Give my roan horse a drench. Shak.

The last emission of breath; death. "The groan of expiration." Rambler.