gran dam, grandame

[Eng. grand, and dam.] A grandmother; an old woman. "Make merry, wives! ye little children stun Your grandam's ears with pleasure of your noise!" Words worth: Sonnet; Anticipation , No. 1. grand-child, s. [Eng. grand , and child .] The offspring of a son or daughter; a grandson or granddaughter. "With cro and garland over its green turf, And thy grandchildren's love for epitaph." Byron: Manfred, ii. 1.