Chapter 74

Grat"er (?), a. [From Qrate, v.] One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs.

Gra*tic"u*la"tion (?), n. [F. graticulation, craticulation, fr. graticuler, craticuler, to square, fr. graticule, craticule, graticule, L. craticula, dim. of crates wickerwork. See 2d Grate.] The division of a design or draught into squares, in order the more easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions.

Grat"i*cule (?), n. [F. See Graticulation.] A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions.

Grat"i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [L. gratificatio: cf. F. gratification.] 1. The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.

2. That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.

3. A reward; a recompense; a gratuity. Bp. Morton.

Grat"i*fied (?), a. Pleased; indulged according to desire.

Syn. -- Glad; pleased. See Glad.

Grat"i*fi"er (?), n. One who gratifies or pleases.

Grat"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gratified (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Gratifying (#).] [F. gratifier, L. gratificari; gratus pleasing + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See - fy.] 1. To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.

For who would die to gratify a foe?

Dryden.

2. To requite; to recompense. [Obs.]

It remains . . . To gratify his noble service.

Shak.

Syn. -- To indulge; humor please; delight; requite; recompense. -- To Gratify, Indulge, Humor. Gratify, is the generic term, and has reference simply to the pleasure communicated. To indulge a person implies that we concede something to his wishes or his weaknesses which he could not claim, and which had better, perhaps, be spared. To humor is to adapt ourselves to the varying moods, and, perhaps, caprices, of others. We gratify a child by showing him the sights of a large city; we indulge him in some extra expense on such an occasion; we humor him when he is tired and exacting.

Grat"ing (?), n. [See 2d Grate.] 1. A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent.

2. (Optics) A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also diffraction grating.

3. pl. (Naut.) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats. [1913 Webster]

Grat"ing, a. [See Grate to rub harshy.] That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh. -- Grat"ing*ly, adv.

Grat"ing, n. A harsh sound caused by attrition.

Gra*ti"o*lin (?), n. (Chem.) One of the essential principles of the hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis).

Gra"tis (?), adv. [L., contr. fr. gratiis out of favor or kindness, without recompense, for nothing, fr. gratia favor. See Grace.] For nothing; without fee or recompense; freely; gratuitously.

Grat"i*tude (?), n. [F. gratitude, LL. gratitudo, from gratus agreeable, grateful. See Grate, a.] The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness.

The debt immense of endless gratitude.

Milton.

Gra*tu"i*tous (?) a. [L. gratuitus, from gratus pleasing. See Grate, a., Gratis.] 1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice.

We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry.

L'Estrange.

2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.

Acts of gratuitous self- humiliation.

De Quincye.

-- Gra*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ness, n.

Gra*tu"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Gratuities (#). [F. gratuitÈ, or LL. gratuitas.] 1. Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present. Swift.

2. Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment.

Grat"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grqatulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gratulating (?).] [L. gratulatus, p. p. of gratulari to congratulate, fr. gratus pleasing, agreeable. See Grate, a.] To salute with declaration of joy; to congratulate. [R.] Shak.

Grat"u*late (?), a. Worthy of gratulation. [Obs.]

There's more behind that is more gratulate.

Shak.

Grat"u*la"tion (?), n. [L. gratulatio.] The act of gratulating or felicitating; congratulation.

I shall turn my wishes into gratulations.

South.

Grat"u*la*to*ry (?), a. [L. gratulatorius.] Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.

The usual groundwork of such gratulatory odes.

Bp. Horsley.

Graunt (?), v. & n. [Obs.] See Grant. Chaucer.

||Grau"wack*e (?), n. [G.] Graywacke.

||Gra*va"men (?), n.; pl. L. Gravamina (#), E. Gravamens (#). [L., fr. ||gravare to load, burden, fr. gravis heavy, weighty. See Grave, a.] ||(Law) The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the ||action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint. ||Bouvier.

-grave (?). A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave. See Margrave.

Grave (?), v. t. (Naut.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.

Grave, a. [Compar. Graver (grv"r); superl. Gravest.] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See Grief.] 1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.]

His shield grave and great.

Chapman.

2. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.

Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors.

Shak.

A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity.

Milton.

3. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.

4. (Mus.) (a) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.

The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone.

Moore (Encyc. of Music).

(b) Slow and solemn in movement.

Grave accent. (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2.

Syn. -- Solemn; sober; serious; sage; staid; demure; thoughtful; sedate; weighty; momentous; important. -- Grave, Sober, Serious, Solemn. Sober supposes the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and is opposed to gay or flighty; as, sober thought. Serious implies considerateness or reflection, and is opposed to jocose or sportive; as, serious and important concerns. Grave denotes a state of mind, appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests, and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or vivacity of manner; as, a qrave remark; qrave attire. Solemn is applied to a case in which gravity is carried to its highest point; as, a solemn admonition; a solemn promise.

Grave, v. t. [imp. Graved (grvd); p. p. Graven (grv"'n) or Graved; p. pr. & vb. n. Graving.] [AS. grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D. graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan. grabe, Sw. gr‰fva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra`fein to write, E. graphic. Cf. Grave, n., Grove, n.]

1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.

He hath graven and digged up a pit.

Ps. vii. 16 (Book of Common Prayer).

2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel.

Ex. xxviii. 9.

3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.

With gold men may the hearte grave.

Chaucer.

4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

O! may they graven in thy heart remain.

Prior.

5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground.

Shak.

Grave, v. i. To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

Grave, n. [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. grˆf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.] An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.

He bad lain in the grave four days.

John xi. 17.

Grave wax, adipocere.

Grave"clothes` (&?;), n. pl. The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.

Grave"dig`ger (?), n. 1. A digger of graves.

2. (Zoˆl.) See Burying beetle, under Bury, v. t.

Grav"el (?), n. [OF. gravele, akin to F. gr?ve a sandy shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. grouan gravel, W. gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and Skr. grvan stone.] 1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

2. (Med.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.

Grav"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveled (?) or Gravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]

1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.

2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.

When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled the ship.

Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version).

Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground.

Camden.

3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]

When you were graveled for lack of matter.

Shak.

The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say.

Sir T. North.

4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

Grave"less (?), a. Without a grave; unburied.

Grav"el*ing (?), or Grav"el*ling, n. 1. The act of covering with gravel.

2. A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.).

Grav"el*ing, or Grav"el*ling, n. (Zoˆl.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.

Grav"el*li*ness (?), n. State of being gravelly.

Grav"el*ly (?), a. Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil.

Grav"el-stone" (?), n. A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus.

Grave"ly (?), adv. In a grave manner.

Grav"en (?), p. p. of Grave, v. t. Carved.

Graven image, an idol; an object of worship carved from wood, stone, etc. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image." Ex. xx. 4.

Grave"ness, n. The quality of being grave.

His sables and his weeds, Importing health and graveness.

Shak.

Gra"ven*stein" (?), n. [So called because it came from Gravenstein, a place in Schleswig. Downing.] A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality.

Gra*ve"o*lence (?), n. [L. graveolentia: cf. F. gravÈolence. See Graveolent.] A strong and offensive smell; rancidity. [R.] Bailey.

Gra*ve"o*lent (?), a. [L. graveolens; gravis heavy + olere to smell.] Having a rank smell. [R.] Boyle.

Graver (?), n. 1. One who graves; an engraver or a sculptor; one whose occupation is te cut letters or figures in stone or other hard material.

2. An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin.

Grav"er*y (?), n. The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving.

Either of picture or gravery and embossing.

Holland.

Graves (?), n. pl. The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.

Graves"' dis*ease" (?). [So called after Dr. Graves, of Dublin.] Same as Basedow's disease.

Grave"stone (?), n. A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.

Grave"yard" (?), n. A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.

Grav"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or causing, gravitation; as, gravic forces; gravic attraction. [R.]

Grav"id (?), a. [L. gravidus, fr. gravis heavy, loaded. See Grave, a.] Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety. " His gravid associate." Sir T. Herbert.

Grav"i*da"ted (?), a. [L. gravidatus, p. p. of gravidare to load, impregnate. See Gravid.] Made pregnant; big. [Obs.] Barrow.

Grav"i*da"tion (?), n. Gravidity. [Obs.]

Gra*vid"i*ty (?), n. [L. graviditas.] The state of being gravidated; pregnancy. [R.]

Grav"i*grade (?), a. [L. gravis heavy + gradus step.] (Zoˆl.) Slow-paced. -- n. One of the pachyderms.

Gra*vim"e*ter (?), n. [L. gravis heavy + -meter: cf. F. gravimËtre.] (Physics) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies.

Grav"i*met"ric (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight. -- Grav"i*met"ric*al*ly (#), adv.

Gravimetric analysis (Chem.), analysis in which the amounts of the constituents are determined by weight; -- in distinction from volumetric analysis.

Grav"ing (?), n. [From Grave to clean.] The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.

Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.

Grav"ing, n. [From Grave to dig.] 1. The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, esp. by incision or in intaglio.

2. That which is graved or carved. [R.]

Skillful to . . . grave any manner of graving.

2 Chron. ii. 14.

3. Impression, as upon the mind or heart.

New gravings upon their souls.

Eikon Basilike

Grav"i*tate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gravitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gravitating (?).] [Cf. F. graviter. See Gravity.] To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object.

Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all bodies gravitate toward each other.

Sir W. Hamilton.

Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the stronger party.

Macaulay.

Grav"i*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. gravitation. See Gravity.] 1. The act of gravitating.

2. (Pysics) That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also attraction of gravitation, universal gravitation, and universal gravity. See Attraction, and Weight.

Law of gravitation, that law in accordance with which gravitation acts, namely, that every two bodies or portions of matter in the universe attract each other with a force proportional directly to the quantity of matter they contain, and inversely to the squares of their distances.

Grav`i*tation*al (?), a. (Physics) Of or pertaining to the force of gravity; as, gravitational units.

Gravi*ta*tive (?), a. Causing to gravitate; tending to a center. Coleridge.

Grav"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Gravities (#). [L. gravitas, fr. gravis heavy; cf. F. gravitÈ. See Grave, a., Grief.] 1. The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.

2. Sobriety of character or demeanor. "Men of gravity and learning." Shak.

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3. Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense.

They derive an importance from . . . the gravity of the place where they were uttered.

Burke.

4. (Physics) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.

5. (Mus.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.

Center of gravity See under Center. -- Gravity battery, See Battery, n., 4. -- Specific gravity, the ratio of the weight of a body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard or unit. This standard is usually water for solids and liquids, and air for gases. Thus, 19, the specific gravity of gold, expresses the fact that, bulk for bulk, gold is nineteen times as heavy as water.

Gra"vy (?), n.; pl. Gravies (#). [OE. greavie; prob. fr. greaves, graves, the sediment of melted tallow. See Greaves.] 1. The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.

2. Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.

Gray (?), a. [Compar. Grayer (&?;); superl. Grayest.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. grg, grg; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gro, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. grÂ, Icel. grr.] [Written also grey.] 1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.

These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks.

Sir I. Newton.

2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.

3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.

Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite. -- Gray buck (Zoˆl.), the chickara. -- Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite. -- Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite. -- Gray duck (Zoˆl.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. -- Gray falcon (Zoˆl.) the peregrine falcon. -- Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar. -- Gray hen (Zoˆl.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse. -- Gray mill or millet (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell. -- Gray mullet (Zoˆl.) any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family MugilidÊ, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species (M. capito, and M. auratus), the American striped mullet (M. albula), and the white or silver mullet (M. Braziliensis). See Mullet. -- Gray owl (Zoˆl.), the European tawny or brown owl (Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits arctic America. -- Gray parrot (Zoˆl.), a parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. -- Gray pike. (Zoˆl.) See Sauger. -- Gray snapper (Zoˆl.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper. -- Gray snipe (Zoˆl.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. -- Gray whale (Zoˆl.), a rather large and swift California whale (Rhachianectes glaucus), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead.

Gray, n. 1. A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint.

2. An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon.

Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day. That coats thy life, my gallant gray.

Sir W. Scott.

Gray"back` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) The California gray whale. (b) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot. (c) The dowitcher. (d) The body louse.

Gray"beard` (?), n. An old man. Shak.

Gray"fly` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The trumpet fly. Milton.

Gray"hound` (-hound`), n. (Zoˆl.) See Greyhound.

Gray"ish, a. Somewhat gray.

Gray"lag` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose.

Gray"ling (?), n. [From Gray, a.] 1. (Zoˆl.) A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish.

And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling.

Tennyson.

2. (Zoˆl.) An American fish of the genus Thymallus, having similar habits to the above; one species (T. Ontariensis), inhabits several streams in Michigan; another (T. montanus), is found in the Yellowstone region.

Gray"ness, n. The quality of being gray.

Gray"stone` (?), n. (Geol.) A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar and augite, and allied to basalt.

Gray"wacke` (?), n. [G. grauwacke; grau gray + wacke wacke. See Gray, and Wacke, and cf. Grauwacke.] (Geol.) A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles and sand firmly united together.

This term, derived from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to different grits and slates of the Silurian series; but it is now seldom used.

Graze (grz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grazed (grzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.] [OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. grÊs grass. See Grass.] 1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

A field or two to graze his cows.

Swift.

2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.

The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.

Pope.

3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep.

Shak.

4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.

Graze, v. i. 1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.

2. To yield grass for grazing.

The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose.

Bacon.

3. To touch something lightly in passing.

Graze, n. 1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.]

Turning him out for a graze on the common.

T. Hughes.

2. A light touch; a slight scratch.

Graz"er (?), n. One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage.

The cackling goose, Close grazer, finds wherewith to ease her want.

J. Philips.

Gra"zier (?), n. One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.

The inhabitants be rather . . . graziers than plowmen.

Stow.

Graz"ing (?), n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, grazes.

2. A pasture; growing grass.

||Gra"zi*o"so (?), adv. [It., adj. See Gracious.] (Mus.) Gracefully; ||smoothly; elegantly.

Gre (?), n. See Gree, a step. [Obs.]

Gre, n. See Gree, good will. [Obs.]

Grease (grs), n. [OE. grese, grece, F. graisse; akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. LL. grassus thick, fat, gross, L. crassus. Cf. Crass.] 1. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.

2. (Far.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences.

Grease bush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below). -- Grease moth (Zoˆl.), a pyralid moth (Aglossa pinguinalis) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc. -- Grease wood (Bot.), a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat prickly shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) of the Spinach family, very abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper Missouri to California. The name is also applied to other plants of the same family, as several species of Atriplex and Obione.

Grease (grz or grs; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greased (grzd or grsd); p. pr. & vb. n. Greasing.]

1. To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.

2. To bribe; to corrupt with presents.

The greased advocate that grinds the poor.

Dryden.

3. To cheat or cozen; to overreach. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

4. (Far.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

To grease in the hand, to corrupt by bribes. Usher.

Greas"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc.

2. A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican of the lowest type. [Low, U. S.]

Greas"i*ly (?), adv. 1. In a greasy manner.

2. In a gross or indelicate manner. [Obs.]

You talk greasily; your lips grow foul.

Shak.

Greas"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.

Greas"y (?), a. [Compar. Greasier (&?;); superl. Greasiest.] 1. Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.

2. Smeared or defiled with grease.

With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers.

Shak.

3. Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.

4. Fat of body; bulky. [R.] Shak.

5. Gross; indelicate; indecent. [Obs.] Marston.

6. (Far.) Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.