granophyre 
almost entirely of a crystalline mixture of the 
component minerals. The term was introduced by 
Vogelsang. For a rock having an imperfectly crystallized 
magma as l 
termfi'lmiihyre, and for an entirely vitreous magma, mtro- 
pkyre The granophyre texture is analogous to the gra- 
nitic or granitoid in the granitic family of rocks. 
granophyric (gnm-6-fir'ik), a. [< gratupto/re 
+ -/r.] Kelatt-d to or belonging to that kind 
of structure called granophyre. 
granose (gra'nos), a. [< L. granosus, full of 
grain, <granum, grain: see, grain 1 .] Inentom., 
9099 
The country west of the Connecticut was only known 
at that time [1760] by the name of "New Hampshire 
grants." Amer. Cyc., XVI. 31. 
4. In law: (a) Originally, a creating or trans- 
ferring by deed: used in reference to mere 
rights, estates in expectancy, and incorporeal 
property, which could not be delivered. Thus, 
easement's, franchises, etc., were said to lie in grant, be- 
cause they could not be created or transferred by livery 
or seizin. (/,) In modern use, a conveyance in 
writing of such things as cannot pass or be 
transferred by word only, as land, rents, rever- 
granulation 
fuse or interstitial nephritis, which presents a granular or 
nodular surface on the removal of the capsule. Gran- 
ular layer Of dentine, a layer often found toward the 
outer portion of the dentine, marked by very flue nodules 
or globules of dentine and interglobular spaces. Granu- 
lar layer Of the epidermis, the layer of granular cells 
(stratum granulooun) lying below the stratum Inddnm 
and above the stratum spinosum. Granular lids, eye- 
lids affected by inflammation of the conjunctival surface 
with minute outgrowths of lymphoid tissue forming so- 
called granulations. Granular limestone, a limestone 
having a crystalline-granular character. Granular liv- 
er, a liver with chronic interstitial hepatitis (cirrhosis), 
which presents a granular or nodular surface. Granu- 
lar pharyngitis, chronic inflammation of the follicles of 
the pharynx. Also called foUimlar pharyngitis, chronic 
pharyngitis, and clergyman's tore throat. 
liaving the form of a string of grains or beads ; s i ongj tithes, etc. 
moniliform, as the antennae of many insects. Onjag hayjng got a gmn( of the place _ erected a . 
grant 1 (grant), v. [Early mod. li.. also graunt; temple there, neither so big nor so costly as that at Jem- granularity (gran-ii-lar'i-ti), n. [< granular + 
< ME. gmiitni, graunteit, grantien, graiintien, < salem. Mp. Usther, Annals. *_ u , Tno * condition or "quality of 
OF. granter, gruanter, gniaiinter. grauntcr,gran- - 
tier (AF. granter, graitntcr), grimier, the same 
(with irreg. change of c to g, perhaps due to 
association with OF. garantir, guarantee) as 
5. An admission of something as true. 
This grant destroys all you have urg'd before. Dryden. 
6. In brewing, a copper or iron vessel into which 
the wort flows from the clarifying battery, 
bounty. 
tare (found only in the form creantare, a reflex 
of the OF.), < L. creden(t-)s (> OF. ereant), ppr. 
of credere, believe, trust: see credent, credit, grant 2 t, a. A Middle English form of grand, 
creanft, creance.] I. trans. 1. To transfer the grantable (gran'ta-bl), a. [< AF. grauntable, 
title or possession of in any formal way, spe- 
cifically for a sufficient or valuable considera- 
tion; give or make over; especially, to convey 
by deed or writing. 
Grant me the place of this threshing-floor. 
1 Chron. xxi. 22. 
The commons . . . granted a tenth of the revenue and 
income not belonging to the lords of parliament ; and the 
lords . . . followed it up with a similar grant from their 
own property. Stubbi, Const. Hist., 370. 
2. To bestow or confer, particularly in answer grantee (gran-te'), n 
creantable, < granter, etc., grant: see grant 1 , v., 
and -able.] Capable of being granted or con- 
veyed. 
I will inquire, therefore, in what cases dispensations 
are grantable, and by whom. 
Bp. Sherlock, Charge (1769), p. 6. 
By coming to the Crown they became grantable in that 
way to the subject, and a great part of the church lands 
passed through the Crown to the people. 
Burke, Dormant Claims of the Church. 
[< AF. grants, < granter, 
to prayer or request. 
Now God, that all thynge giveth, graunte hus soule reste. 
Piers Plowman. 
Job x. 12. 
'grant: see grant 1 and -eel.] In taw, the person - 
to whom anything is granted, or to whom a 
grant or conveyance is made. 
Was Shakspeare an Esquire ? He was the eldest son 
of a grantee of arms. Now, a grantee of arms is an es- 
quire by letters patent If. and Q., 7th ser., V. 369. 
being gran- 
ular. 
The emulsion should be of a good orange-ruby color 
when adropis examined by transmitted light, and should 
show no granularity with a magnifier. 
Sci. Amer. Supp., p. 9133. 
form ; in granules. 
granularyt (gran'u-la-ri), a. [< granule + -ary.] 
Granular. 
Smallcoal is known unto all, and for this use is made of 
sallow, willow, balder, hasell, and the like ; which three, 
proportionably mixed, tempered, and formed into granu- 
lary bodies, do make up that powder which is in use for 
guns. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 5. 
granulate (gran'u-lat), r. ; pret. and pp. gran- 
ulated, ppr. granulating. [< NL. as if "granu- 
latus, pp. of * granulare (> It. granulare = Sp. 
Pg. granular = F. granuler), < L. granum, a 
grain: see grain 1 .] I. trans. 1. To form into 
grains: as, to granulate powder or sugar. 2. 
To raise in granules ; make rough on the sur- 
I have observed in 
llet, before Its en- 
, ted, and thick-set, 
or as it were granulated with a multitude of glandules. 
nay. 
ed in many birds the gullet, 
trance into the gizzard, to be much dilated, 
Thou hast granted me life and favour. 
3f. To allow; permit. 
Though attempered wepyng be Daunted outrageous granter (gran'ter), n. [Early mod. E. also become granular, 
wepyng certes u defended. Chafer, Tale of Mehbeus. B fe; . ^ (1 '+ . er i_ Cf _ grantw _ ] One granulate (gran'u-lat), a. 
4f. To assent to; answer in the affirmative. who gr antg . Compare grantor. 
She grauntede him ; ther was noon other grace. For j mvse u an, that bread, the graunter of immortall 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 2666. Iyf8j and ^, one came downe f,.o m heauen. 
5. To admit to be true ; concede, as something > udal1 - On John vi - 
obvious or not required to be proved ; accept or gran'ther (gran'ther), n. A dialectal contrac- 
concede without proof. tiou of grandfatlier. 
The ole queen's arm thet Gran'ther Young 
Fetched back from Concord busted. 
Lowell, The Courtin'. 
Grantia (gran'ti-a), n. [NL., < Grant, a proper 
name.] A genus of chalk-sponges, giving name 
to a family Grantiidce. 
Norman observes that our common Grantia comprtssa, 
with its varieties and "possible modifications," has 28 
generic, subgeneric, and subspeciflc names, which might 
be further extended to 54. Pascoe, Tool. Class., p. 18. 
Grantiidae (gran-ti'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Gran- 
tia + -ida;.] A family of chalk-sponges, typi- 
._. --.,. . fied by the genus Grantia. 
fl.t intrans. To consent; assent; give per- (Jrantiinae (gran-ti-i'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Gran- 
mission or countenance. tia + -iius.] A subfamily of Syconidte with 
branched ciliated chambers, typified by the 
genus Grantia. Also Grantina, Grantinw. B. 
von Lendenfeld._ j , , - a granulating-machine 
'Tis a rule that holds forever true, 
Grant me discernment, and I grant it you. 
Cowper, Progress of Error, 1, 535. 
I grant him brave, 
But wild as Bracklinn s thundering wave. 
Scutt, L. of the L., ii. 14. 
To grant an annuity. See annuity. To take for 
granted, to assume the existence or truth of ; believe or 
credit without confirmative evidence or positive know- 
ledge : as, I took his qualifications for granted. 
She tool! it for granted that her companion was familiar 
with everv slope and corrie of these Lochaber hills. 
W. Black, In Far Lochaber, iii. 
=Syn. land 2. Confer, Bestow, etc. Seepii)i. 
The barons yaf hym counseile flrste to assaile the Duke, 
and therto the kynge graunted. 
U. intrans. To become formed into grains; 
[< NL. granulatus, 
pp"'se'e"the'verb.] Same as granulated or gran- 
ular. 
granulated (gran'u-la-ted), p. a. 1. Consist- 
ing of or resembling grains. 2. Having small 
and even elevations resembling grains: as, 
granulated leather; the granulated root of a 
plant, as Saxifraga granulata. 
It would be too much to assert that the skin of the 
dog-fish was made rough and granulated on purpose for 
the polishing of wood. Paletj, Nat. Theol., v. 
3. In ceram., decorated with color in spots, or 
mottled. Seesouffle. 4. In patliol.: (a) Hav- 
ing little grain-like fleshy bodies filling up the 
cavities, as ulcers and suppurating wounds. 
(6) Characterized by the presence of small 
grain-like bodies: as, a granulated liver. Gran- 
ulated glass. See glass. Granulated work, in jewel- 
ry, decoration by means of minute grains applied to the 
surface, especially in goldsmiths' work. 
Repousse 1 figures alternate with strings of the finest 
granulated work, and the exquisite devices testify to the 
use by the Etruscans of agencies unknown to us. 
Whcatley and Delamotte, Art Work in Hold and Silver, 
[p. 15. 
The soldiers should have toss'd me on their pikes 
Before I would have granted to that act. 
Sltak., 3 Hen. VI., I.I. 
grant 1 (grant), n. [< ME. grant, graunt, < OF. 
grant, graant, graunt, greant, ereant, crant, m. 
(also graante, creante, crante, f.) (ML. grantum), 
a promise, assurance, engagement; from the 
verb.] If. A promise ; a thing promised. 
I sholde ban also blame of every wyght, 
My fadres graunte if that I so withstode, 
Svn she is chaunged for the tounes goode. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 552. 
When Achilles this chaunse choisely hade herd, 
grantiset, [ME., < granft, v.~] A grant; 
concession. 
grantor (gran 'tor), n. [< AF. grantor, OF. 
creanteor, < granter, creanter, etc., grant: see 
(gran'u-la-ting-ma- 
shen*), n. A machine used to reduce some 
substance to the form of grains. Specifically (a) 
In pmcder-making, an apparatus for breaking up the pow- 
der-cake into grains of various sizes. (6) An apparatus 
grant 1 and -or.'] In law, the person who makes for reducing liquid metals to fine grains. It consists of 
, ,,,t. nr nnnvevaTifie: correlative to aran- a horizontal disk of terra-cotta made to revolve rapidly 
a grant or conveyance: correlative to gran- 
tee. 
Many links in the feudal chain might intervene be 
tween the original grar' 
actual occupant of the 
In England, if the g 
his mark. 
upon which the liquid metal falls and is then scattered 
in every direction, centrifugally, into the air or into water, 
in a finely granulated condition. 
The jf 
'can, VI. 270. 
He was clad of the ijraunt, and the god answared. - TT 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4488. granula (gran'u-la), . ; pi. granula; (-le). [NL., 
fern. (cf. LL. granulum, neut.), a little gram: see 
granule.'] 1. In bot., a little grain: applied to 
the large sporule contained in the center of 
many algse, as Gloionema. 2. In zool. : (a) 
[cap.'] A genus of mollusks. (b) A small 
rounded elevation; one of the elevations of a 
granulated surface. Also granule. 3. Inanat., 
a granule. 
2. The act of granting; a conferring or con- 
ceding. 
The body of the people . . . elects the ... chief ex- 
ecutive magistrate but twice in five years. Here is a 
clear grant of power for a long term. 
J. Adams, Works, IV. 326. 
3. A thing granted or conferred; a boon; espe- 
cially, something conveyed by deed or patent: 
of ten used of tracts of land granted to colonists, granular (gran'u-lar), a. [< granule + -ar?.] 
act of forming into grains ; the state or process 
of being formed into grains: as, the granula- 
tion of gunpowder or sugar. 
Granulation is the process by which metals are reduced 
to minute grains. It is effected by pouring them, in a 
melted state, through an iron cullender pierced with 
small holes into a body of water, or directly upon a bun- 
dle of twigs immersed in water. In this way copper is 
granulated into bean-shot, and silver alloys are granu- 
lated preparatory to refining. Ure, Diet., II. 734. 
2. In surfl. patliol.: (a) The formation of new 
tissue, as in the repair of wounds, the free sur- 
railroad companies, etc. 
Queen Elizabeth, at the request of William Harhourn, 
an English-man, procur'd a Grant from the Turkish Em- 
peror for the Kntilish Merchants to exercise free Traflkk 
in all places of bis Dominions. Halter, Chronicles, p. 856. 
I humbly kiss your ladyship's fair learned hands, and 
wish yon good wishes and speedy gmntx. 
Donne, Letters, v. 
164 
Composed of, containing, or bearing grains or face of which presents a granulated appear- 
granules; resembling grains or granules. Also ance. This tissue is called granulation titanic. 
(b) Any one of the small granular elevations 
on the free surface of granulation tissue. 
-Granui'a^"eyes "eyes" composed" of "many minute, dis- Tents in wounds, by resisting the growth of the little 
tinct I?nle7or facets as the compound eyes or ocelli of granulation* of the flesh, in process of time hard them, 
insects - Granular kidney, a kidney with chronic dif- and in that manner produce a fistula, bharpe, Surgery. 
