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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GREASE, n.
1. Animal fat in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind, as tallow, lard; but particularly the fatty matter of land animals, as distinguished from the oily matter of marine animals.
2. A swelling and gourdiness of a horse's legs, occasioned by traveling or by standing long in a stable.
GREASE, v.t. greez. To smear, anoint or daub with grease or fat.
1. To bribe; to corrupt with presents. [Not elegant.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) [syn: grease, lubricating oil]
2: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge] v
1: lubricate with grease; "grease the wheels"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English grese, from Anglo-French gresse, greisse, creisse, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus fat Date: 13th century 1. a. rendered animal fat b. oily matter c. a thick lubricant 2. wool as it comes from the sheep retaining the natural oils or fats • greaseless adjective • greaseproof adjective II. transitive verb (greased; greasing) Date: 14th century 1. to smear or daub with grease 2. to lubricate with grease 3. to soil with grease 4. to hasten the process or progress of; also facilitate

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 oily or fatty matter esp. as a lubricant. 2 the melted fat of a dead animal. 3 oily matter in unprocessed wool. --v.tr. smear or lubricate with grease. Phrases and idioms: grease-gun a device for pumping grease under pressure to a particular point. grease the palm of colloq. bribe. like greased lightning colloq. very fast. Derivatives: greaseless adj. Etymology: ME f. AF grece, gresse, OF graisse ult. f. L crassus (adj.) fat

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Grease Grease (gr[=e]s), n. [OE. grese, grece, F. graisse; akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. LL. grassus thick, fat, gross, L. crassus. Cf. Crass.] 1. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind. 2. (Far.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences. Grease bush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below). Grease moth (Zo["o]l.), a pyralid moth (Aglossa pinguinalis) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc. Grease wood (Bot.), a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat prickly shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) of the Spinach family, very abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper Missouri to California. The name is also applied to other plants of the same family, as several species of Atriplex and Obione.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Grease Grease (gr[=e]z or gr[=e]s; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greased (gr[=e]zd or gr[=e]sd); p. pr. & vb. n. Greasing.] 1. To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon. 2. To bribe; to corrupt with presents. The greased advocate that grinds the poor. --Dryden. 3. To cheat or cozen; to overreach. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 4. (Far.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease. To grease in the hand, to corrupt by bribes. --Usher.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(greases, greasing, greased) 1. Grease is a thick, oily substance which is put on the moving parts of cars and other machines in order to make them work smoothly. ...grease-stained hands. = oil 2. If you grease a part of a car, machine, or device, you put grease on it in order to make it work smoothly. I greased front and rear hubs and adjusted the brakes. = oil VERB: V n 3. Grease is an oily substance that is produced by your skin. His hair is thick with grease. N-UNCOUNT 4. Grease is animal fat that is produced by cooking meat. You can use grease for cooking. He could smell the bacon grease. 5. If you grease a dish, you put a small amount of fat or oil around the inside of it in order to prevent food sticking to it during cooking. Grease two sturdy baking sheets and heat the oven to 400 degrees... Place the frozen rolls on a greased baking tray. VERB: V n, V-ed 6. see also elbow grease

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

gres (chelebh, "fat," "suet"): The word occurs once in the metaphorical sense "prosperous," then dull, gross, brutal: "Their heart is as fat as grease" (Ps 119:70; compare Isa 6:10, and see FAT).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Unctuous matter (lard, tallow, etc.), fatty or oily substance. 2. (Farriery.) Scratches. II. v. a. 1. Smear with grease. 2. Bribe, give a douceur to, corrupt with gifts.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To bribe. To grease a man in the fist; to bribe him. To grease a fat sow in the a-se; to give to a rich man. Greasy chin; a treat given to parish officers in part of commutation for a bastard: called also, Eating a child.

Moby Thesaurus

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