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[Icel. greidhi.] Apparatus, furniture, or equipment generally; as, 1. Harne . "They got ony leather graith that they had use for ready-made out of Holland." -Scott : Heart of Mid -Lothian, ch. v. 2. Accouterments for war. 3. A miner's tools. 4. Substance, riches, property. 5. An article of dre . "They make shoone, buites, and other graith , before the lether is barked."- Chal merl an Air , ch. xxii. 6. Any composition used by tradesmen in preparing their work. 7. Warm water so wrought up with soap as to be fit for washing clothes. 8. The twisted threads through which the warp runs in the loom. gra-kle, s. [GRACKLE.] †grăl-læ, s . pl . [Lat.=stilts.] Ornith .: The name given by Linnæus to the order of Wading Birds now called Grallatores (q. v.). gral-la-tör-ēş, s. pl . [Pl. of Lat. grallator= one who goes on stilts.] [GRALLE.] 1. Ornith .: Wading Birds; an order of birds, subcla Carinate. They have long legs, a great portion of them often bare. This structure admirably fits them to wade, and that without having their feathers wet. They have often long necks and bills to reach the ground when wading. The toes are four, the hind one variable both in size and position. They have rudimentary webs, sometimes connect ing the base of the tarsi, but not the extensive webs Heron. from seven to nine inches long, the upper parts pale drab, tinged with bluish-red, the under parts pale. grāinş (1), s . pl . [GRAIN (1), s.] 1. A residuum of fiber and insoluble matters after infusion or decoction; as, the grains of malt after the wort is decanted. 2. A bating solution of birds' dung, used in destroying the effect of lime, and in improving the dexibility of leather. 3. Pieces of sheet-metal, cast-iron, or tinned iron inserted into a mold for the purpose of supporting an acce ory portion, such as a core, in position. grāing, (2), s. pl . [GRAIN (2), 8.]