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Webster 1913 Edition


Grass-grown

Grass′-grownˊ

,
Adj.
Overgrown with grass;
as, a grass-grown road
.
☞ The meadow or green grasshoppers belong to the
Locustidæ
. They have long antennæ, large ovipositors, and stridulating organs at the base of the wings in the male. The European great green grasshopper (
Locusta viridissima
) belongs to this family. The common American green species mostly belong to
Xiphidium
,
Orchelimum
, and
Conocephalus
.
2.
In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; – called also the
hopper.
Grove.
Grasshopper engine
,
a steam engine having a working beam with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate point.
Grasshopper lobster
(Zool.)
a young lobster.
[Local, U. S.]
Grasshopper warbler
(Zool.)
,
cricket bird.

Webster 1828 Edition


Grass-grown

GR`ASS-GROWN

,
Adj.
Overgrown with grass.