growler

[Eng.growl; -er.] 1. One who growls; a grumbling, gruff person. 2. A four-wheeled cab. ( Slang.) "He had evidently studied the driver of a London growler, and produced a good sound readable type of man." London Daily Telegraph . 3. A fish of the perch kind ( Grystis salmon ides), common in many North American rivers. growl-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [GROWL, V. ] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As. subst.: The act of snarling or grumbling; a growl. growl-Ing-lý, adv. [Eng. growling; -ly.] In a growling, gruff, or grumbling manner. *growl-some, a . [Eng. growl ; -some.] Inclined to growling or grumbling. "Growl some people, who talk about religion, and don't practice it."-E. J. Worboise : Si ie , ch. xxx. grown, pa. par. & a. [GROW.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Increased or advanced in growth. a imilation of new matter into the living organism; development from a seed, root, or germ by the addition of matter through ducts and secretory ve els. 2. Increase in number, extent, prevalence, bulk, frequency, . "The growth of their trade, riches, and power at home." -Sir W. Temple: On Government. 3. Increase in stature; advance toward maturity. "Though an animal arrives at its full growth at a certain age, perhaps it never comes to its full bulk till the last period of life."-Arbuthnot: On Aliments. 4. That which grows or is grown; anything produced in growth; a product. "The prosperous growth of this tall wood." II. Technically: 1. Physiology: Milton: Comus, 269. (1) Animal : Growth continues as long as the addition of new matter to the body exceeds the amount of waste. This happens in early life; after maturity is reached new matter and waste about balance each other. (2) Vegetable : Similar principles regulate the growth of plants. 2. Mining : The accumulation of water in the levels of a mine. Correlation of growth: Biol .: [CORRELATION.] *growt-head, s . [GROUT HEAD.] *groyn-ing, s. [GROIN (2), v.] 1. The grunting of a pig. 2. Discontent, grumbling. grōz-ět, s. [A corruption of Fr. groseille.] A gooseberry. (Scotch.) "As plump and grey as onie grozet." Burns: To a Louse. grōz-ing, a. [Etym. doubtful.] grozing-iron, s. 1. An instrument with an angular steel projection, used for cutting gla before the general applica tion of the diamond to that object. 2. Plumb .: A tool used in smoothing the solder joints of lead pipe.