Grope, grōp, v.i. to search for something, as if blind or in the dark.—v.t. to search by feeling.—adv. , in a groping manner. [A.S. grápian, to seize; allied to grab, gripe.]
Grosbeak, grōs′bēk, n. a name applied to not a few highly specialised finches (Fringillidæ), with thick, heavy, seed-crushing bills—also to many other birds, as the cardinal grosbeaks and the rose-breasted grosbeak. [Gross and beak.]
Groschen, grō′shen, n. a small silver coin till 1873-76 current in the north of Germany, in value 1⁄30th of a thaler. [Ger.,—L. grossus, thick.]
Groser, grō′ser, n. (prov.) a gooseberry—(Scot.) .—adj. , pertaining to the gooseberry. [See Gooseberry.]
Gross, grōs, adj. coarse: rough: dense: palpable, glaring, shameful: whole: coarse in mind: stupid: sensual: obscene.—n. the main bulk: the whole taken together: a great hundred—i.e. twelve dozen.—adv. .—n. .—In gross, in bulk, wholesale. [Fr. gros—L. grossus, thick.]
Grotesque, grō-tesk′, adj. extravagantly formed: ludicrous.—n. (art) extravagant ornament, containing animals, plants, &c. not really existing.—adv. .—ns. ; . [Fr. grotesque—It. grotesca—grotta, a grotto.]
Grotian, grō′shi-an, adj. of or pertaining to Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), the Latinised form of Huig van Groot, founder of the science of international law.—Grotian theory, the theory that man is essentially a social being, and that the principles of justice are of perpetual obligation and in harmony with his nature; Grotian, or Governmental, theory of the Atonement, a divine acquittal for Christ's sake, rather than a real satisfaction on the part of Christ.
Grotto, grot′ō, n. a cave: a place of shade, for pleasure—also Grot:—pl. —n. , a grotto-like structure. [It. grotta (Fr. grotte)—L. crypta—Gr. kryptē, a crypt.]
Ground, grownd, pa.t. and pa.p. of grind.