granatite (gran at it)

Same as grenatite. grand (grand), a. and n. [ I have ever observed that colonnades and avenues of trees of a moderate length were without comparison far grander than when they were suffered to run to immense distances. Burke , Sublime and Beautiful, ii. 10. 2. Of very high or noble quality; lofty in character or position; of exalted power, dignity, beauty, etc.; great; noble. The Stygian council thus di olved; and forth In order came the grand infernal peers. Milton , P. L., ii. 507. IMG:content-2574.png:[blocks in formation] 4. Prime; primal; first; original. What cause Moved our grand Parents in that happy state, Favour'd of heaven so highly, to fall off From their Creator? Milton , P. L., i. 20. 5. In geneal., as a prefix, one degree more remote in ascent or descent: as, in grandfather, grandson (father's father, son's son), grandaunt (which see), grandnephew, grandniece (son or daughter of nephew or niece), etc.-6. Complete; comprehensive; including all particulars: as, a grand total. The mind, indeed, enlighten'd from above, Views him in all; ascribes to the grand cause The grand effect. Cowper , Task, iii. 227. 7. In music, applied to compositions which contain all the regular parts or movements in a complete form: as, a grand sonata (a sonata containing all the proper parts in their full extent). - Grand action, in pianoforte - making, an action of the kind used in grand pianos. See piano. - Grand almoner. See almoner1. - Grand Army of the Republic. See republic. - Grand a ize. See a ize. -Grand barré, entered after the attachment, and commanding the sheriff to distrain all the defendant's lands and chattels in the county, in order to compel appearance. - Grand duke. [F. grand duc = It. granduca; G. gro herzog.] (a) A title of sovereignty over a territory called a grand duchy, next below that of king, and giving its holder the appellative "royal highne ." The title was first created by the Pope for the rulers of Florence (afterward of Tuscany), who reigned under it from 1569 to 1859. The first to hold the title in Germany was Murat, created Grand Duke of Berg by Napoleon in 1806; and the only existing grand duchies are those of Baden, He e, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Saxe-Weimar, and Oldenburg, belonging to the German empire, and Luxemburg, attached to the royal house of the Netherlands. The King of Pru ia is titular Grand Duke of the Lower Rhine and Posen, and the Emperor of Austria of Tuscany (by inheritance) and Cracow. (b) A title used for the rulers of several of the principalities of Ru ia in the middle ages (more properly, great princes), and since for the sons of the czars of Ru ia, descended from the grand dukes (great princes) of Moscow. - Grand hauberk, juror, jury, etc. See the nouns. Grand piano, quarter, seignior, sergeanty, stand, tour, etc. See the nouns. The grand chop. See chop4. To get the grand bounce. See bounce. Syn. Grand, Magnificent, Superb, Splendid; eminent, majestic, dignified, stately, august, pompous, elevated, exalted, lordly, princely, glorious. The first four words, so far as they are kindred in meaning, appeal primarily and strikingly to the eye, but also have figurative senses. In original sense, the grand is great or vast; the magnificent makes great or magnifies; the superb is lofty so as to overtop surrounding things; the splendid is radiant, dazzling. The grand suggests most of awe; the magnificent, most of pomp and ostentation, or largene and amplitude of effect upon the mind: as, a magnificent banquet; a magnificent oration; superb, most of superiority in some way; splendid, most of often used colloquially in weak hyperbole. See sublime. To conquer Sin and Death, the two grand foes. Milton, P. R., i. 159. Far distant he descries, Ascending by degrees magnificent Up to the wall of heaven, a structure high. Milton, P. L., iii. 502. succe ful challenge to admiration. All of these words are IMG:content-2575.png:[blocks in formation] grandeur But yet his justice to extenuate To graund His grace is sacrilegious. Davies , Summa Total is, p. 6. grandam, grandame (gran'dam, -dām), n. [ grandame , graundame , grande , great, old, + dame , dame, lady.] An old woman; especially, a grandmother. Th' old Serpent serv'd as Satans instrument To charm in Eden, with a strong illusion, Our silly Grandam to her selfs confusion. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Imposture, A grandam's name is little le in love Than is the doting title of a mother. The women Shak., Rich. IIL., iv. 4. Cry'd, one and all, the suppliant should have right, And to the grandam hag adjudg'd the knight. Dryden, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 312. grandaunt (grand'ant), n. [After F. grandtante.] The sister of one's grandfather or grandmother: in the United States generally called great- aunt : correlative to grandnephew and grandniece . Sir Walter Scott had a grand - aunt , who was all that a Scotch grand - aunt should be. The Century, XXVII. 335. Grand-Banker (grand'bang ker), n. A ve el fishing on the Grand Banks near Newfoundland. grandchild (grand'child), n.; pl. grandchildren (-children). (-childr [ to grandparent. My wife comes foremost; then the honour'd mould Wherein this trunk was fram'd, and in her hand The grandchild to her blood. Shak ., Cor., v. 3. Phil am on Holland, having used "little nephew" to denote the kinship of Cyrus to Astyages, has the side-note: "Or grandchild , as some will have it." F. Hall , Mod. Eng., p. 113. [ granddaughter (grand'da "ter), n. + daughter.] The daughter of one's son or daughter: correlative to grandfather and grand mother.