Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: grain – grant
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grain (-s), n. [Sp. grano.]
- Single hard seed of a plant.
- Any small hard mass.
grand (-er), adj. [Fr.]
- Great; splendid; magnificent.
- Illustrious; dignified.
- Noble; lofty.
grandame (-'s), n. [AF graund dame.]
Grandmother; old woman.
grandfather, n. [see grand, adj. + father, n.]
Father of one's father or mother.
grandmama, n. [see grand, adj. + mother, n.]
Mother of one's father or mother.
grandsire (-s), n. [see grand, adj. + sire, n.]
Grandfather; ancestor.
granite, adj. [Fr. granito, grained.]
- Rock.
- Stone-like; [fig.] dead; silenced.
- Marble; motionless mineral.
- Heavy; burdensome; weighty; ponderous; [fig.] cold and hard.
granitic, adj. [see granite, adj.]
Rocklike; stony; of the nature of granite; [fig.] hard; unimpressionable; unyielding.
grant (-ed), conj. [see grant, v.]
If; assuming; presuming; if it so be that.
grant, n. [see grant, v.]
- Wish; will; volition; power; ability.
- Endowment; gift; blessing; boon; present; bestowal; award that does not require compensation.
- Fulfilment; realization; fruition; obtaining; having; receiving; possession; ownership.