Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4Elson, William H. (William Harris)
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Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
Elson, William H. (William Harris)
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gladiator (glad'i-a'ter), in ancient Rome a swordsman who fought in the
arena with other men or animals.
glebe (gleb), turf, sod.
gleed (gled), a burning coal.
gloaming (glom'ing), twilight.
gloat (glot), stare or gaze earnestly often with a feeling of cruelty.
Glynn (glin), a county in southeastern Georgia.
goad (god), a pointed instrument to urge on a beast.
gorgeous (gor'jus), showy, magnificent.
gory (gor'i), bloody.
gowd (god: good), the Scotch name for gold.
Graemes (gramz), the name of a Scotch clan, sometimes spelled Graham.
grampus (gram'pus), a large toothed fish, valued for its oil.
granary (gran'a-ri), a storehouse for grain.
grandeur (gran'dur), majesty, loftiness.
Grand Pre' (gran-pra'), a village in King's county, Nova Scotia. The woll
means "great meadow."
grapple (grap'l), seize.
grave (grav), cut letters or figures on a hard substance with a chisel.
grayling (gray'ling), a fish somewhat like a trout.
Great Harry, the name of a ship.
grenadier (gren'a-der'), in olden times a soldier armed with grenades, iron
shells filled with powder and thrown among the enemy. The word is now
applied to a member of the Grenadier Guards.
Greve (grav),
grewsome (groo'sum), frightful.
groat (grot), an old English silver coin worth four pence.
groin (groin), bring together in a curve.
guaranty (gar'an-ti), security.
guid (giid),
guinea stamp (gin'i), the mark or impress upon a guinea-an old English coin
worth about five dollars.
guise (giz), shape; cloak.
gundalow (gun'da-le), another form for gondola (gon'do-la).
gyratory (ji'ra-te-ri), winding, whirling around a central point.
Habersham (hab'er-sham), a county in northeast Georgia. The Chattahoochee
rises in this county.
habit (hab'it), a garment; behavior,
Hagar (ha'gar), See Genesis 21, 14-21.
hake-broil (hak-broil), a seafish like the cod, cooked over a beach fire.
Half-Moon, name of a boat on which Henry Hudson entered New York bay and
explored the Hudson river.
Hall, a county in northern Georgia intersected by the Chattahoochee river.
halloo (ha-loo'), call.
hallow (hal'e), consecrate, make holy.
Hampton Falls (hamp'tun), a town in Rockingham county, New Hampshire, seven
miles north of Newburyport, Massachusetts.
hapless (hap'les), unfortunate.
Hapsburg (haps'burg), a princely German family to which Maria Louise, wife
of Napoleon, belonged.
harangue (ha-rang'), an address or speech to a crowd.
harbinger (har'bm-jer), a forerunner; usher in.
harem (ha'rem), a family of wives belonging to one man.
harpy (har'pi), one of the three daughters of Neptune and Terra, having a
woman's face and body and sharp claws like a vulture; a buzzard.
Hasselt (has'elt), a town in Belgium. haunch (hanch), the hip, part of body
between the ribs and thigh.
Haverhill (ha'ver-il), city in Essex county, Massachusetts.
hazard (haz'ard), chance; danger, risk.
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