grampus 
L. grandis, great, + piseis = E. fish: see grand 
and jfe/* 1 . Cf. porpoise, porpus, with the same 
terminal element.] 1. A cetacean of the fam- 
ily DelphinidcB, subfamily Delphinince, and ge- 
nus Phoccena or Oral, etc.; some large dol- 
phin-like or porpoise-like cetacean, of preda- 
tory and carnivorous habits. 2. A cetacean 
of the family Delphi/Ma and subfamily Globi- 
cephalince ; a caaing- or pilot-whale ; a blackfish 
or cowfish. In superficial characters it resembles the 
preceding, and grows to even larger size, but is timid and 
inoffensive. See cut under Globicephalus. 
3. [cap.'} [NL.] Agenusof grampuses, contain- 
ing such as G. griseus. They are related to the caa- 
ing-whales (Globicephalus), and not specially to the pre- 
Cuvier's or the Gray Grampus (Grampus 
daceous grampuses (Orca\ have no teeth in the upper Jaw 
and few In the lower, and 68 vertebne. There are several 
species. 
4. The dobson or hellgrammite : more fully 
called water-grampus. [Eastern TJ. S.] 5. A 
pursy, puffy fellow; an obese person. [Colloq.] 
6. The whip-tailed scorpion, Thelyphonus gi- 
ganteus. Also called mule-killer, nigger-killer, and In 
the West Indies vinaigrier, or vinegar-maker, from its acid 
secretion. [Florida, U. S.] 
7. The tongs with which the blooms are han- 
dled in a bloomery. [U. S.] 
granadet (gra-nad'), . See grenade. 
granadiert (gran-a-der'), n. See grenadier. 
granadilla (gran-a-dil'a), n. [< Sp. grandilla, 
dim. of granuda, a pomegranate : seepomegran- 
ate.] The fruit of Passiflora quadrangularis, 
which is sometimes as large as a child's head, 
and is much esteemed in tropical countries as 
a pleasant dessert-fruit. The name is also given to 
the plant, and sometimes to other species of Patnifora 
bearing a similar edible fruit. Also grenadilla. Orana- 
dllla-tree, the Brya Ebenus of Jamaica, a leguminous 
tree yielding a green ebony. 
granadot, Same as grenade. 
Oranadoes without number, shipt off under colour of 
unwrought iron. Marvett, Works, L 528. 
granary (gran'a-ri), n. ; pi. granaries (-riz). 
[< L. granarium, usually in pi. granaria, a gran- 
ary, < granum, grain, corn: see grain 1 . Cf. 
grainery, grained, garner, girnel, doublets of 
granary.'] A storehouse or repository for grain 
after it is threshed, or for maize in the ear ; a 
corn-house. 
The wonderfull fertility of the soil [of Egypt] is rather 
to be admired then expressed ; in times past reputed to 
be the granary of the world. Sandys, Travailes, p. 72. 
Let rising granaries and temples here, 
There mingled farms and pyramids appear. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, IL ii. 258. 
granatet (gran'at), n. An obsolete form of 
garnefl. 
granat-guano (gra'nat-gwa"no), n. [G., < gra- 
nat, = E. grenade, + guano = E. guano.'] 
Guano made of crustaceans, as Crangon vul- 
garis, the common shrimp of Europe, dried and 
ground without steaming. Great quantities are 
made at Varel in Oldenburg, near the North 
Sea. 
granatite (gran'a-tit), n. Same as greitaUte. 
grand (grand), a.'and n. [< ME. grand, graund, 
grant, graunt, rare except in grant mercy, graunt 
mercy (see gramercy), and in comp. grandame, 
grandam, graundmother, grandmother, gran- 
syre, grandsire; < OF. grand, grant, F. grand 
Pr. grant, gran = Sp. Pg. It. grande, gran, 
great, large, grand, < L. grandis, great, large, 
grand; of persons, grown, aged, old. Not con- 
nected with E. great.~\ I. a. 1. Great; large; 
especially, of imposing magnitude ; majestic or 
sublime from sine and proportion: as, a grand 
mountain-chasm ; a grand building. 
I have ever observed that colonnades and avenues of 
trees of a moderate length were without comparison far 
grander than when they were suffered to run to immense 
distances. Burke, Sublime and Beautiful, ii. 10. 
2. Of very high or noble quality ; lofty in char- 
acter or position; of exalted power, dignity, 
beauty, etc.; great; noble. 
The Stygian council thus dissolved ; and forth 
In order came the grand infernal peers. 
MUtm, P. L., ii. 507. 
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There is generally in nature something more grand and 
august than what we meet with in the curiosities of art. 
Addison, Spectator, No. 414. 
The grand old ballad of Sir Patrick Spence. 
.Coleridge, Dejection, st. 1. 
And thus he bore without abuse 
The grand old name of gentleman, 
Defamed by every charlatan, 
And soil'd with all ignoble use. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, cxi. 
Now thou 'rt thy plain, grand self again. 
Lowell, Lamartine. 
3. Principal; chief; most important: as, the 
grand master of an order; a grand jury; the 
grand concern of one's life. 
Thy grand captain Antony 
Shall set thee on triumphant chariots, and 
Put garlands on thy head. Shut.. A. and ("'.. iii. 1. 
Tis true on our side the gins of our lives not seldom 
fought against us ; but on their side, besides those, the 
grand sin of their Cause. Milton, Eikonoklastes, xix. 
No grand inquisitor could worse invent 
Than he contrives to suffer, well content 
Courper, Truth, 1. 103. 
4. Prime; primal; first; original. 
What cause 
Moved our grand Parents in that happy state, 
Favour'd of heaven BO highly, to fall off 
From their Creator? Milton, P. L., i. 29. 
5. In ijeneal., as a prefix, one degree more re- 
mote in ascent or descent: as, in grandfather, 
grandson (father's father, son's son), grandaunt 
(which see), grandnephew, grand/niece (son or 
daughter of nephew or niece), etc. 6. Com- 
Elete; comprehensive; including all particu- 
ivs : as, a grand total. 
The mind, indeed, enlighten'd from above, 
Views him in all ; ascribes to the grand cause 
The grand effect. Cowper, Task, UL 227. 
7. In music, applied to compositions which con- 
tain all the regular parts or movements in a com- 
plete form : as, a grand sonata (a sonata con- 
taining all the proper parts in their full extent). 
Grand action, in pianoforte-making, an action of the 
kind used in grand pianos. See piano. Grand almo- 
ner. See almoner^. Grand Army of the Republic. 
See republic. Grand assize. See assize. Grand barre', 
in guitar- and banjo-playing, an effect produced by laying 
the forefinger of the left hand across all the strings 
Grand climacteric, commander, compounder, cor- 
don, cross. See the nouns. Grand days. See doj/i. 
Grand discount, in billiard*. See discount, 4. Grand 
distress, in old Eng. law, a writ of distress issued in the 
real action of quare impedit, when no appearance had been 
entered after the attachment, and commanding the sheriff 
to distrain all the defendant's lands and chattels in the 
county, in order to compel appearance. Grand duke. 
[F. grand due = It. granduca ; G. grossherzog. ] (a) A title 
of sovereignty over a territory called a grand duchy, next 
below that of king, and giving its holder the appellative 
"royal highness." The title was first created by the Pope 
for the rulers of Florence (afterward of TuscanyX who 
reigned under it from 1569 to 1859. The first to hold the 
title in Germany was Murat, created Grand Duke of Berg 
by Napoleon in 1806 ; and the only existing grand duchies 
are those of Baden, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Sehwerin, Meck- 
lenburg-Strelitz, Saxe-Weimar, and Oldenburg, belonging 
to the German empire, and Luxemburg, attached to the 
royal house of the Netherlands. The King of Prussia is 
titular Grand Duke of the Lower Rhine and Posen, and the 
Emperor of Austria of Tuscany (by inheritance) and Cra- 
cow. (6) A title used for the rulers of several of the princi- 
palities of Russia in the middle ages (more properly, great 
princes\ and since for the sons of the czars of Russia, de- 
scended from the grand dukes (great princes) of Moscow. 
Grand hauberk, juror, Jury, etc. See the nouns. 
Grand piano, quarter, seignior, sergeanty, stand, 
tour, etc. See the nouns. The grand chop. SeecAop*. 
To get the grand bounce. See bounce. = Syn, Grand, 
Magnificent, Superb, Splendid; eminent, majestic, digni- 
fied, stately, august, pompous, elevated, exalted, lordly, 
princely, glorious. The first four words, so far as they are 
kindred in meaning, appeal primarily and strikingly to 
the eye, but also have figurative senses. In original sense, 
the grand is great or vast ; the magnificent makes great or 
magnifies ; the superb is lofty so as to overtop surrounding 
things ; the splendid is radiant, dazzling. The grand sug- 
gests most of awe ; the magnificent, most of pomp and 
ostentation, or largeness and amplitude of effect upon the 
mind: as, a magnificent banquet; a magnificent ovation; 
superb, most of superiority in some way ; splendid, most of 
successful challenge to admiration. All of these words are 
often used colloquially in weak hyperbole. See sublime. 
To conquer Sin and Death, the two grand foes. 
Milton, P. R., i. 169. 
Far distant he descries, 
Ascending by degrees magnificent 
Up to the wall of heaven, a structure high. 
Milton, P. L., iii. 502. 
On whose breast's superb abundance 
A man might base his head. 
Browning, A Toccata. 
Vices so splendid and alluring as to resemble virtues. 
Macaulay, Hallam's Const. Hist. 
II. n. A grand piano. [Colloq. or trade-cant.] 
grandt, t. [Early mod. E. graund; < OF. 
grandir, P. grandir = OSp. grander = It. gran- 
dire, < L. grandire, make great, become great, 
< grandis, great: see grand, a. Cf. aggrandize.'] 
To make great. Davies. 
grandeur 
But yet his justice to extenuate 
To yraund His grace 
e is sacrilegious. 
Daviex, Summa Totalis, p. 6. 
grandam, grandame (gran'dam, -dam), . [< 
ME. grandame, graundame, < OF. grande, great, 
old, + dame, dame, lady.] An old woman ; es- 
pecially, a grandmother. 
Th' old Serpent serv'd as Satans instrument 
To charm in Eden, with a strong illusion, 
Our silly Grandam to her selfs confusion. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Imposture. 
A grandam's name is little less in love 
Than is the doting title of a mother. 
Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. 
The women . . . 
Cry'd, one and all, the suppliant should have right, 
And to the grandam hag adjudg'd the knight. 
Dryden, Wife of Bath s Tale, 1. 312. 
grandaunt (grand'ant), n. fAfter F. grand'- 
taitte.] The sister of one's grandfather or 
grandmother: in the United States generally 
called great-aunt: correlative to grandnephew 
and grandniece. 
Sir Walter Scott had a grand-aunt, who was all that a 
Scotch grand-aunt should be. The Century, XXVII. 335. 
Grand-Banker (grand'bang'ker), n. A vessel 
fishing on the Grand Banks near Newfound- 
land. 
grandchild (grand'child), n. ; pi. grandchildren 
(-chiT'dren). [< grand + child.] A son's or 
daughter's child; a child or offspring in the sec- 
ond degree of descent : sometimes used loosely 
to include a degree more remote : correlative 
to grandparent. 
My wife comes foremost ; then the honour'd mould 
Wherein this trunk was fram'd, and in her hand 
The grandchild to her blood. Shak., COT., v. 3. 
Philamon Holland, having used "little nephew" to de- 
note the kinship of Cyrus to Astyages, has the side-note : 
" Or grandchild, as some will have it." 
F. Hall, Mod. Eng., p. 113. 
granddaughter (grand' da "ter), n. [< grand 
-f- daughter.] The daughter of one's son or 
daughter : correlative to grandfather and grand- 
mother. 
grand-ducal (grand'du'kal), a. Of or pertain- 
ing to a grand duke or a grand duchy: as, a 
grand-ducal court ; grand-ducal finances. 
Herschel's discoveries quickened public interest in ce- 
lestial inquiries ; royal, imperial, and grand-ducal patron- 
age widened the scope of individual effort. 
A. M. Clerke, Astron. in 19th Cent, p. 35. 
grand-duke (grand'duk'), . 1. See grand 
dake, under grand. 2. The great horned owl 
of continental Europe, Bubo maximus. 
grandee (gran-de'), n. [Formerly also grandy, 
grando; < Sp. Pg. grande, a nobleman, < grande, 
great: see grand, a.] 1. In Spain, one of a 
class of noblemen of the highest rank and great- 
est wealth, created in the thirteenth century, 
and endowed with extraordinary privileges, 
most of which have since been abolished. 
Plough deep furrows ; to catch deep root in th' opinion 
of the best, grandoes, dukes, marquesses, condes, and other 
titulados. Middleton and Rowley, Spanish Gypsy, ii. 1. 
The principal grandees, as well as most of the inferior 
nobility, . . . presented themselves ... to tender the 
customary oaths of allegiance. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 5. 
Hence 2. Any man of elevated rank or sta- 
tion ; a nobleman. 
The grandees did not scorn his company ; 
And of the greatest ladies he was held 
A complete gentleman. 
Beau, and Fl., Custom of the Country, ii. 1. 
Under no circumstances whatever should those Whig 
grandees, who had enslaved his predecessors and endea- 
voured to enslave himself, be restored to power. 
Macaulay, Earl of Chatham. 
grandeeship (gran-de'ship), n. [< grandee + 
-ship.] The rank or estate of a grandee. 
I think the Conde de Altamira has no less than nineteen 
grandeeships centered in his person. 
B. Swinburne, Travels through Spain, xlii. 
grande-garde, n. See grand-guard. 
grandeur (gran'dur), n. [< F. grandeur, OF. 
grandure, orig. prop. *grandor = Sp. grandor 
(Sp. Pg. grandtira appar. from the F.) = It. 
grandore, grandness, greatness, < L. as if "t/rfiii- 
<Jor,<L. grandis, grand: see grand.] The char- 
acter of being grand or great ; specifically, that 
quality or combination of qualities in an ob- 
ject which affects the imagination with a sense 
of sublimity or magnificence. 
Bisnagar is the second City in Narsinga for Grandeure 
and Bravery. 
S. Clarke, Geographical Descript. (1671), p. 32. 
His grandeur he deriv'd from heaven alone ; 
For he was great ere Fortune made him so. 
Dryden, Death of Oliver Cromwell. 
There is always a want of grand fur in attributing great 
events to little causes. Sydney Smith, in Lady Holland, iii. 
