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| | | Gre | n. See Gree, good will. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Gre | n. See Gree, a step. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Grease | n. [ OE. grese, grece, F. graisse; akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. LL. grassus thick, fat, gross, L. crassus. Cf. Crass. ] 1. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Far.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grease bush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below). --
Grease moth (Zool.), a pyralid moth (Aglossa pinguinalis) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc. --
Grease wood (Bot.), a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat prickly shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) of the Spinach family, very abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper Missouri to California. The name is also applied to other plants of the same family, as several species of Atriplex and Obione. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Grease | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Greased p. pr. & vb. n. Greasing. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To bribe; to corrupt with presents. [ 1913 Webster ] The greased advocate that grinds the poor. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To cheat or cozen; to overreach. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Far.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease. [ 1913 Webster ]
To grease in the hand,
To grease the hand, to corrupt by bribes. Usher. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | greaseball | n. a person of Italian descent; -- used as a derogatory ethnic slur, and considered offensive. [ offensive slang ]
Syn. -- wop, dago, Guinea. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Grease cup | { or }. (Mach.) A cock or cup containing grease, to serve as a lubricator. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Grease cock | | greased | adj. smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction; as, a greased pig is too slippery to hold.
Syn. -- lubricated. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] | | grease-gun | n. A device held in the hand, having a supply of grease and attached to a reservoir of pressurized air, used to force grease between adjacent moving parts of a machine, especially in the bearings of motor vehicles. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] Variants: grease gun | | greasepaint | n. 1. a greasy substance containing pigments, used as makeup by actors, clowns, and other entertainers; as, the smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] 2. Theatrical makeup, generally. [ PJC ] | | greaseproof | adj. resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax; as, greaseproof wrapping paper. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| | grease | (n) a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery), Syn. lubricating oil | | grease | (v) lubricate with grease, Example: grease the wheels | | greasepaint | (n) a greasy substance used as makeup by actors | | greaseproof | (adj) resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax, Example: greaseproof wrapping paper | | greaseproof paper | (n) paper that is impermeable to oil or grease; used in cooking | | greaser | (n) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent, Syn. taco, wetback | | greasewood | (n) low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America, Syn. black greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus | | greasily | (adv) in a greasy manner, Example: the food was greasily unappetizing | | greasiness | (n) consisting of or covered with oil, Syn. oleaginousness, oiliness | | greasy | (adj) containing an unusual amount of grease or oil, Syn. oily, oleaginous, sebaceous, Example: greasy hamburgers; oily fried potatoes; oleaginous seeds |
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