grease cup (greskup)

A receptacle for solid lubricants, as the greases used in lubricating heavy machinery; an oil-cup. grease-jack (gres'jak), n. An apparatus for improving the finish of leather. greaser (gre'sèr or grē'zér), n. 1. One who or that which greases, as the person who oils or lubricates machinery, engines, etc.-2. [ cap. or l. c.] A native Mexican or native Spanish American: originally applied contemptuously by Americans in the southwestern United States to the Mexicans. The cowboys gathered from the country round about and fairly stormed the Greaser that is, Mexican - village where the murder had been committed. The Century, XXXVI. 836. great Blameworthy carele ne that too often permitted the viler elements of the camp to enforce by actions their rude race-hatred of the Greasers. This tendency to despise, abuse, and override the Spanish-American may well be called one of the darkest threads in the fabric of AngloS axon frontier government. C. H. Shinn, Mining Camps, p. 218. 3. The ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida . [Havre de Grace, Maryland, U. S.] greasewood (gres'wud), n. One of various low shrubs prevalent in saline localities in the dry valleys of the western United States. They are mostly chenopodiaceous, of the genera Sar cobatus , Grayia , A triplex , Spirostachys , etc. The land for the most part is covered with cactus, sage brush, grease wood . Nature, XXXVIII. 630. greasily (grē'si-li or grē'zi-li), adv . 1. In a greasy manner; with or as with grease.-21. Gro ly; indecently. You talk greasily ; your lips grow foul. Shak., L. L. L., iv. 1. greasine (grē'si-nes or grēʻzi-nes), n. 1. The quality or state of being greasy; unctuousne . Hence-2. Deficiency in limpidne ; viscosity, like that of oil: said of wines. Life of Pasteur , tr. by Lady Claude Hamilton, p. 118. greasy (gre'si or grē'zi), a. [Formerly also griesy; grease + -y1.] 1. Full of grease; having much grease or fat; oily; unctuous; fat: as, greasy food. Let's consult together against this greasy knight [Falstaff]. Shak ., M. W. of W., ii. 1. 2. Smeared or soiled with grease; hence, slippery as if from being greased. Mechanic slaves With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers, shall Uplift us to the view. Shak., A. and C., v. 2. The musty wine, foul cloth, or greasy gla . Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. ii. 66. 3. Like grease or oil; seemingly unctuous to the touch: as, a chalk that has a greasy feel. IMG:content-2631.png:[blocks in formation] So earely, ere the gro e Earthes gryesy shade Was all disperst out of the firmament, They tooke their steeds, and forth upon their journey went. Spenser, F. Q., III. i. 67. 6. Naut ., dirty; foul; disagreeable: said of weather.-7t. Gro ; indecent. Chaste cells, when greasy A retine, For his rank fico, is surnamed divine. Marston, Scourge of Villainie. 8. In farriery, affected with the disease called grease: as, a horse with greasy legs.-9. Succe ful in whaling; having taken a full cargo of oil: as in the expre ion greasy luck. [Whalers' slang.] -10. See the extract. Should the presence of mercury or a bad deposit prevent the [burnishing] tool from producing a bright surface [in electroplating], the object is said to be greasy . Gilder's Manual , p. 88. [ great (grat, formerly also grēt), a. and n. ME. gret, grete, greet, earlier great, E. groat ) = MLG. grot, LG. groot = OHG. grōz, MHG. grōz, G. gro , great, large. Not connected with L. grand is, great, grand, nor with ML. gro us, F.gros, etc., great, gro : see grand and gro . ] I. a. 1. Unusually or comparatively large in size or extent; of large dimensions; of wide extent or expanse; large; big: as, a great rock, house, farm, lake, distance, view, etc. Cypre is righte a gode Ile and a fayr and a gret , and it hat he 4 princypalle Cytees within him. Mandeville, Travels, p. 27. His fancy, like an old mans spectacles, [doth] make a great letter in a small print. Bp. Earle , Micro-cosmographie, A Selfe-conceited Man. In our anxiety that our morality should not take cold, we wrap it up in a great blanket-surtout of precaution against the breeze and sunshine. Lamb , Artificial Comedy of the Last Century. 2. Large in number; numerous: as, a great multitude; a great collection. The king of As syria sent Tartan against Jerusalem. with a great host 2 Ki. xviii. 17. I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could stood before the throne. number, Rev. vii. 9. In the latter End of the King's eleventh Year, the Earl of Arundel was sent to Sea, with a great Navy of Ships and Men of War. Baker , Chronicles, p. 146. great 3. Exceeding or unusual in degree: as, great fear, love, strength, wealth, power. Merlin be-hilde hir with grete anguy h. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 607. As you [Henry II.] forsake God's Cause now, so he hereafter will forsake you in your greatest Need. Baker , Chronicles, p. 58. Ammona, who lived with three you sand brethren in so great silence as if he were an anchoret. Jer . Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 738. 4. Widely extended in time; of long duration; long-continued; long: as, a great delay. Rising up a great while before day, he went out. Their great guilt, Like poison given to work a great time after, Now 'gins to bite the spirits. Shak ., Tempest, iii. 3. 5. Of large extent or scope; stately; imposing; magnificent: as, a great entertainment. IMG:content-2632.png:[blocks in formation] And Levi made him a great feast in his own house. Luke v. 29. Trust me, in bli I shall abide In this great mansion, that is built for me, So royal-rich and wide. Tennyson , Palace of Art. 6. Of large consequence; important; momentous; weighty; impre ive. 15. Much in use; much used; much affected; Moses was great with God. Bp. Hall , Contemplations, vii. 1. "He does not top his part,"... a great word with Mr. Edward Howard. Bucking ham, The Rehearsal, Key (ed. Arber, p. 70). You are very great with him; I wonder he never told you his Grievances. Congreve, Double-Dealer, iii. 5. The ladies arm-in-arm in clusters, As great an' gracious a' as sisters. Burns, The Twa Dogs, 1. 217. 16. In geneal . , one degree more remote in ascent or descent: generally joined with its noun and that was gret Myracle. Mandeville, Travels, p. 70. God's hand is great in this; I do forgive him. Beau . and Fl . , Knight of Burning Pestle, iv. 3. The duke expects my lord and you, About some great affair, at two. Great talents. Pope , Imit. of Horace, II. vi. 74. Great offices will have Cowper , Task, iv. 788. She caught the white goose by the leg, A goose-'twas no great matter. Tennyson, The Goose. 7. Chief; principal; largest or most important: as, the great seal of England; the great toe. [In this sense the word is used in many geographical names, and was formerly used as part of the titles of some Oriental sovereigns: as, Great Britain, so called originally to distinguish it from Britt any (Britannia Minor, Little Britain) in France; the Great Mogul (= the chief Mongol), one of the Mongolian emperors of Hindu stan; the Great Sophy, one of the Persian sovereigns of the Sufi dynasty.] In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried. John vii. 37. When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was fam'd with more than with one man? Shak., J. C., 1. 2. 8. Holding an eminent or a superlative position in respect to rank, office, power, or mental or moral endowments or acquirements; eminent; distinguished; renowned: as, the great Creator; a great genius, hero, or philosopher; a great impostor; Peter the Great. Whanne these thing is weren herd, the i weren fillid with ire and crieden and seiden greet is the Dian of Effesians. Wyclif, Acts xix. 28. Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward; Thou little valiant, great in villainy! Shak., K. John, iii. 1. They do so all to bemadam me, I think they think me a very great lady. B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, v. 3. It is only from a school that we can expect to have good writers; it is almost invariably from a school that great writers, these lawle exceptions, i ue. R. L. Stevens on , A College Magazine. 9. Grand; magnanimous; munificent; noble; aspiring: as, a great soul. Think not, thou noble Roman, That ever Brutus will go bound to Rome; He bears too great a mind. Shak., J. C., v. 1. IMG:content-2633.png:[blocks in formation] 10. Expre ive of haughtine or pride; arrogant; big: as, great looks; great words. [Obsolete or archaic.] When they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh. 2 Pet. ii. 18. Can you rail now? pray, put your fury, up, sir, And speak great words; you are a soldier; thunder! Fletcher, Rule a Wife, iv. 1. 11. Filled; teeming; pregnant; gravid. Great with child Was this poor innocent. Beau . and Fl . , Knight of Malta, v. 2. Great with hope, to sea they put again. Drayton, Polyolbion, i. 415. He had a sow, sir. She, With meditative grunts of much content, Lay great with pig, wallowing in sun and mud. Tennyson, Walking to the Mail. 12. Hard; difficult. If the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 2 Ki. v. 13. great head dignity than is implied in great or large: as, a big boy; a big ship. Nobody can be great , and do great things, without giving up to death, so far as he regards his enjoyment of it, much that he would gladly enjoy. Hawthorne , Septimius Felton, p. 115. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere. Gray, Elegy. Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastne . Milton , P. L., vii. 471. Big phrases and images are apt to be pre ed into the service when great ones do not volunteer. Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 34. II. n. 11. The whole; the gro ; the ma ; wholesale: as, to work by the great . To let out thy harvest, by great , or by day, Let this by experience lead thee the way: By great will deceive thee, with ling'ring it out, By day will dispatch and put all out of doubt. Tu er, Husbandry, August. Gentlemen, I am sure you have heard of a ridiculous a e, that manie yeares since sold lyes by the great . Nashe , Pierce Penile e. 21. A great part; the greater part; the sum and substance. Of his sentence I wil yow seyn the grete. Chaucer , Parliament of Fowls, 1. 35. 3. pl. The great go at Cambridge. See go, n., 3. Greats, so far as the name existed in my time, meant the Public Examination, as distinguished from Responsions, Little-go, or Smalls. and sisters of lineal ancestors, in other cases before the prefix grand- : as, great - uncle, great- aunt (brother or sister of a grandparent); great- grandfather, great - grandson, great - grandneph- E. A. Freeman , Contemporary Rev., LL. 821. ew. For remoter degrees it is repeated: as, great - great -greatt, v. [ greeten , great - great -grandchildren, great-great- great-uncle, etc. The same, his ancient personage to deck, Her great - great -grandsire wore about his neck. Pope , R. of the L., v. 90. 17. In music, in the comparative, same as major: as, greater third (a major third), etc. tian, become great (= MLG. groten, make great, = OHG. grözēn, MHG. grozen, grow great), A great deal. See deal1 , 2. - A great gro . See gro88 . -Full great. See full . - Great auk. See auk i and Alca.-Great Basin. See basin , 8.- Great Bear. See bear2, 3. Great braguette, buck, Carolina wren, casino. See the nouns. Great Canon, in the Gr. Ch., 2. To the longest canon of odes (each ode in it containing about nant. twenty troparia), sung on the Thursday next after the fourth Sunday in Lent at lauds ( όρθρον ), after the fifty- first psalm. It is said to have been composed by St. An- drew of Crete (who lived about A. D. 680), and is peniten- tial in character, the soul as speaker naming and bewail- ing its likene to the chief sinners and its unlikene to the great saints of the Old Testament. The day on which it is sung is called from it the Thursday of the Great Can- on. Great Charter. See Magna Charta , under char- ta . Great cheapt, circle, climacteric, commoner. See the nouns. Great-circle sailing. See sailing.- Great clam, a bivalve mollusk of the family Mactridæ , Lutraria maxima , of the Pacific coast of North America. cry and little wool. See cry. Great Eleusinia. See Eleusinia. - Great elixir. See elixir, 1. - Greater coverts, in ornith. See covert, 6. - Greater Dionysia, long beak, shearwater, telltale, titmouse, etc. See the nouns.- Greatest common measure. See measure. Great fast. Same as great Lent. See Lent. Great fee. See fee2. Great foot, greater foot, in anc. pros.: (a) A foot having the same number of times or syllables, or the same name, as an ordinary foot, but the times or syllables of which are of double the usual length. The great feet are: (1) three feet consisting of tetrasemic or double longs, namely, the double or great (greater) spondee(), the trochee semantus ( ), and the orthius (L); (2) the pæon epibatus ( ட -). (b) In a wider sense, a colon or series. - Great generals. See general . Great go, gray owl, gro , gun, habit, horned owl, hundred, interce ion, Lent, etc. See the nouns. - Great Jack. Same as bombard , 4. - Great mastert [= D. grootmeester , grand master (of an order, etc.)], a chamberlain. Davies. I was in commi ion with my Lord Great Master and the Earl of Southampton, for altering the Court of Augmentations. Gardiner, To Duke of Somerset (1547). Great northern diver, northern falcons, northern shrike. See the nouns. Great oblation, octave, organ, sixth Sunday, week, white egret, etc. See the nouns. Great schism. (a) The division between the Latin and Greek churches, begun in the ninth century and culminating in A. D. 1054. See Greek Church , under Greek, a. (b) The forty years' division, A. D. 1378-1417, between different parties in the Latin or Roman Catholic Church, which adhered to different popes. Great sea. (a) In the English Bible, the Mediterranean sea. And the west border [of Judah) was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. Josh. xv. 12. (b) The Black Sea. In great force. See forcel . -The great arcanum, awakening, Elector, Entrance. See the nouns.- The Great Day of Expiation. See expia tion. The great death. Same as the black death (which see, under death ). The Great Forty Days. (a) The forty days during which Christ remained on earth after his resurrection and before his ascension, appearing to his disciples from time to time, and instructing them in matters pertaining to the kingdom of God (Acts i. 3). (6) The corresponding season of the church year, from Easter to Ascension. - The Great Mogul. See Mogul, and def. 7.To be great fun. See fun. =Syn. 1 and 2. Great, Large, Big. Great is a very general word, as may be seen by the definitions; it covers extent, number, and degree. Large expre es greatne in at least two dimensions, and is not so free in secondary uses; hence we speak of a large room, picture, or apple, but not of a large noise, trouble, or distance. Big is sometimes e entially the same as great, but it often suggests bulkine , weight, clumsine , or le of The erth it clang for drught and hete, And sua big an the derth to grete. Cursor Mundi, L. 4699. So that thai [oranges] for to greet In magnitude, and brynge in pomes greet. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 120. become great with child; become preg The quene greteth with quyk bon By the false god Ammon. A lisa under (ed. Skeat, E. E. T. S.), L. 464. II. trans. To make great; aggrandize. O base ambition! This false politick, Plotting to great himself, our deaths doth seek. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Lawe.