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 2. (American).—Hence, a farmer; a countryman; anyone from the rural districts. For synonyms, see Joskin.

Grangerise, verb. (literary).—To fill out a book with portraits, landscapes, title-pages, and illustrations generally, not done for it.

1883. Sala, Living Wonders, p. 497. Mr. Ashton's Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne would be a capital book to grangerize.

Grangerism, subs. (literary).—The practice of illustrating a book with engravings, etc., from other sources. [From the practice of illustrating Granger's Bibliographical History of England.]

1883. Saturday Review, Jan. 27, p. 123, c. 2. Grangerism, as the innocent may need to be told, is the pernicious vice of cutting plates and title-pages out of many books to illustrate one book.

Grangerite, subs. (literary).—A practitioner in grangerism (q.v.).

1890. 'Grangerising,' in Cornhill Mag., Feb., p. 139. Another favourite subject, and suitable also for the Grangerite, is 'Boswell's Johnson.' It must be admitted that this delightful book may gain a fresh chance by being thus treated, but 'within the limits of becoming grangerism.'

Grannam, subs. (old). Corn. [From the Latin.]—Fr., le grenu, or grelu. It., re di granata; staffile; corniole: Sp., grito.

1567. Harman, Caveat (1814), p. 65. Grannam, corne.

1610. Rowlands, Martin Mark-all, p. 38 (H. Club's Rept., 1874). Granmer, corne.

1671. R. Head, English Rogue, pt. I., ch. v., p. 49 (1874). Grannam, corn.

1706. E. Coles, Eng. Dict. Grannam, c. corn.

1737. Bacchus and Venus. 'The Strowling Mort.' Grannam ever filled my sack.

Grannam's-gold. subs. (old).—Wealth inherited. [Grannam = grandmother: cf., Beaumont and Fletcher, Lover's Progress, iv., 1. 'Ghosts never walk till after midnight, if I may believe my grannam.']

Granny, subs. (nautical).—1. A bad knot with the second tie across; as opposed to a reef knot in which the end and outer part are in line. Also Granny's Knot or Granny's Bend.

2. (common).—Conceit superior knowledge.

1851-61. Mayhew, Lond. Lab. and Lond. Poor, i., 404. To take the granny off them as has white hands.

Verb (thieves').—To know; to recognise. Also to swindle.

1851-61. Mayhew, Lond. Lab. and Lond. Poor, i., 461. The shallow got so grannied in London.

Ibid., p. 340. If they granny the manley (perceive the signature) of a brother officer or friend.

Grant. To grant the favour, verb. phr. (venery).—To confer the sexual embrace; to spread (q.v.).

1720. Durfey, Pills, etc., vi 58. If at last she grants the favour, And consents to be undone.

1754. Fielding, Jonathan Wild, iv. 7. I never would grant the favour to any man till I had drunk a heavy glass with him.

Grape-shot, adj. (common).—Drunk. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.

Grape-vine, subs. (American).—A hold in wrestling.

Grape-vine Telegraph, subs. phr. (American).—News mysteriously conveyed. [During the Civil War bogus reports from the front were said to be by the Grape-vine Telegraph.] Also Clothes-line Telegraph.