greenhouse

[ Eng.green, and house.] 1. Hortic.: A house or structure, the roofs and sides of which are composed of gla , constructed for the purpose of cultivating and preserving tender or exotic plants. It is furnished with apparatus for maintaining an artificial temperature, and the nece ary ventilation. "Who loves a garden, loves a greenhouse too." Cowper: Task, iii. 566. 2. Pottery: A house moderately warmed, where some kinds of green-ware are placed to become partially dried before taking to the hot-house, where the drying is completed by strong heat. The ware is then arranged in seggars and fired in the green'-ing, *gren-ing, s. [Eng.green; -ing.] *1. The act or state of becoming green. "On the morn o' that grening." kiln. 2. Greenne , verdure. Cursor Mundi, 16,867. IMG:content-0746.png:[blocks in formation] Bot.: Between a green and glaucous color. green-Ish-ne , s. [Eng. greenish ; -ne .] The quality or state of being greenish. Green-land, s. & a . [Eng. green , and land . So called from the bright green appearance of the mo es which grow there.] A. As substantive: Geog.: A country or large island constituting the northeast part of America, from 59° 49 northward. B. As adj .: Of or belonging to the country described under A. Green land-whale, s. Balæna mysticetus . Called also the Right Whale. [BALENA, WHALE.] Green-land-er, s. [Eng. Green land ; suff. -er.] A native of Green land.