⁂ Tennyson in his “Gareth and Lynette” chooses to call the _Green_ Knight “Evening Star,” and the _Blue_ Knight “Morning Star.” In the old romance the combat with the “Green Knight” was at _dawn_, and with the “Blue Knight” at _sunset_.—See _Notes_ and _Queries_ (February 16, 1878). _Green Knight_ (_The_), a pagan knight, who demanded Fezon in marriage, but being overcome by Orson, was obliged to resign his claim.—_Valentine and Orson_ (fifteenth century). =Green Linnets=, the 39th Foot. Their facings are green. =Green Man= (_The_). The man who used to let off fireworks was so called in the reign of James I. Have you any squibs, any green man in your shows?—John Kirke [R. Johnson], _The Seven Champions of Christendom_ (1617). _Green Man_ (_The_), a gentleman’s gamekeeper, at one time clad in green. But the green man shall I pass by unsung?... A squire’s attendant clad in keeper’s green. Crabbe, _Borough_ (1810). =Greenhalgh=, messenger of the earl of Derby.—Sir W. Scott, _Peveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles II.). =Greenhorn= (_Mr. Gilbert_), an attorney, in partnership with Mr. Gabriel Grinderson. _Mr. Gernigo Greenhorn_, father of Mr. Gilbert.—Sir W. Scott, _The Antiquary_ (time, George III.). =Greenleaf= (_Gilbert_), the old archer at Douglas Castle.—Sir W. Scott, _Castle Dangerous_ (time, Henry I.). =Gregory=, a faggot-maker of good education, first at a charity school, then as waiter on an Oxford student, and then as the fag of a travelling physician. When compelled to act the doctor, he says the disease of his patient arises from “propria quæ maribus tribuuntur mascula dicas, ut sunt divorum, Mars, Bacchus, Apollo, virorum.” And when Sir Jasper says, “I always thought till now that the heart is on the left side and the liver on the right,” he replies, “Ay, sir, so they were formerly, but we have changed all that.” In Molière’s comedy, _Le Médecin Malgré Lui,_ Gregory is called “Sganarelle,” and all these jokes are in act ii. 6.—Henry Fielding, _The Mock Doctor_. _Gregory_, father and son, hangmen in the seventeenth century. In the time of the Gregorys, hangmen were termed “esquires.” In France, executioners were termed “monsieur,” even to the breaking out of the Revolution. =Gregson= (_Widow_), Darsie Latimer’s landlady at Shepherd’s Bush.—Sir W. Scott, _Redgauntlet_ (time, George III.). _Gregson_ (_Gilbert_), the messenger of Father Buonaventura.—Sir W. Scott, _Redgauntlet_ (time, George III.). =Gre´mio,= an old man who wishes to marry Bianca, but the lady prefers Lucentio, a young man.—Shakespeare, _Taming of the Shrew_ (1594).