GUA 



GRA 



two being contradictory : these figs came 

 from Turkey; the lamp hangs Jrom the 

 ceiling; the lamp falls from the ceiling 1 . 

 Now came is a complex term for one spe- 

 cies oi motion ; Jalta for another; hangs 

 for a species of attachment. Have we 

 occasion to mention the beginning or com- 

 mencement of these notions and this at- 

 tachment, and the place where they be- 

 gin or commence ? What more natural or 

 more simple than to add the signs of these 

 ideas, viz. the word beginning (which al- 

 ways remains the same,) and the name of 

 the place (which will perpetually vary.) 

 Figs came beginning Turkey ; lamp 



$S\F \ beginn ' n Z ceilin : ' e ' Tlir ' 

 key the place of beginning to come ; ceil- 

 ing the/>/ace of beginning to $|y" ff ' \ To 



is the Gothic substantive taui, act, effect, 

 end, or result, which is itself the past 

 participle of tangan, to do. While is an 

 Anglo-Saxon substantive, signifying time; 

 till, is to.-while, to the time ; until, is on to 

 the time. Of is probably a fragment of 

 the Anglo-Saxon substantive afora, off- 

 spring, &c. and always means conse- 

 quence, offspring, succession, follower, 

 &c. In all the instances produced in the 

 dictionaries, cause may be substituted for 

 for, without injury to the sense, though 

 sometimes awkwardly. It is probably the 

 Gothic substantive fairina, cause. By is 

 the imperative of be on, to be ; frequent- 

 ly, but not always, used with an abbrevi- 

 ation of construction, instwment, cause, 

 action, &c. being understood. Among is 

 the past participle of gamaengan, to min- 

 gle. After is the comparative of aft. About 

 is from boda, the first outward boundary or 

 extremity of any thing; hence onboda, on~ 

 buta, abuta, about. In, out, on, off, and at t 

 Mr. Tooke does not profess to trace to an 

 origin ; we feel little doubt that on is sim- 

 ply one of the several forms of the nume- 

 ral one; and the same process of thought 

 has occurred in the Greek, where e i$ and 

 ft; (and perhaps also o-^v) are almost in- 

 disputably the corresponding numeral. 

 We should have thought it probable that 

 the English in has the same origin as on, 

 if Mr. H. Tooke had not produced the 

 Gothic substantive innd, the interior part 

 of the body (used also for cave or cell.) 

 Out he thinks not improbably originally 

 meant skin. 



VIII. Of the Interjection. 



42. We have very little to say in addi- 

 tion to what we have said respecting this 



small and insignificant class of words. 0A, 

 or O, is almost the only word for which it 

 is necessary. A few other words may be 

 mentioned as being usually classed with 

 it. Farewell is the imperative offaran, to 

 go, and the adverb -well. Halt is the im- 

 perative of healdan, to hold. Lo is the 

 imperative of look. Fie is the imperative 

 ofjfSitm,to hate. . Welcome means, it is -well 

 that you are come. Jldieu, used so often 

 without a moment's thought as to its seri- 

 ous import, is the French a Dieu, to God, 

 meaning, I commend you to God. 



GRAMME, in French weights. The 

 unit weight, called a gramme, is the 

 weight of the cube of the hundredth part 

 of the metre of distilled water, taken at 

 its maximum density. It answers to 

 15.444 grains. The kilogramme, or the 

 weight of a thousand gramme s,~is equal 

 to 32 1-6 Troy ounces. 



GRANARY, a building to lay or store 

 corn in, especially that designed to be 

 kept a considerable time. 



GRANATITE, cross stone, a mineral 

 found in Spain, and in some parts of 

 France and Switzerland. It is crystalliz- 

 ed in a very peculiar form ; two six-sided 

 prisms intersect each other at right an- 

 gles, or obliquely. Hence its name, cross 

 stone. It is of a reddish brown colour : 

 specific gravity 3.3, nearly. It is fusible 

 before the blow-pipe. It consists of 



Silica 



Alumina - - - - 

 Lime - - - - - 

 Oxide of iron - - 

 Oxide of manganese 



Loss - 



GRAND jury. The sheriff of every 

 county is bound to return, to every com-; 

 mission of oyer and terminer, and to gaol = 

 delivery, and to every session of the: 

 peace, twenty -four good and lawful men; 

 of the county, some out of every hun- 

 dred, to enquire, present, do, and exe- 

 cute all those things which shall then and 

 there be commanded them. They ought 

 to be freeholders ; but to what amount is 

 not limited by law. Upon their appear- 

 ance they are sworn upon the grand jury? 

 to the amount of twelve at the least, and 

 not more than twenty-three, that twelve 

 may be a majority. They are only tc 

 hear evidence on the part of the prosecu 



