GREASE. A general term applied to soft animal fats; as BEAR’S GREASE, GOOSE GREASE, &c.
Grease. An inflammatory affection of the heels of horses, which produces dryness, scurfiness and stiffness. The treatment consists of emollient poultices, accompanied with physic and diuretic balls, to subdue the inflammation, followed by mild astringent lotions or ointments.
GREAVES. Syn. Graves. The sediment of melted tallow, consisting chiefly of animal membranes mixed with fat, made up into cakes. Used as a coarse food for dogs.
GRE′CIAN WATER. See Hair Dyes.
GREEN. Syn. Viridis, L.; Vert, Fr. Of the colour of the leaves of growing plants; subst. a green colour.
GREEN DYE. Syn. Teinte verte, Fr. All the green dyes in use, with the practically unimportant exception of Chinese green and oxide of chromium green, are compounded of blue and yellow. The goods, in practice, are generally dyed blue first, observing to regulate the shade according to that of the intended green; they are then dried, rinsed, and passed through a yellow bath, with the like precautions, until the proper shade is obtained. See Blue Dye, Yellow Dye, &c.
GREEN PIG′MENTS. Several of the green
pigments of commerce are obtained from copper. Oxide of chromium furnishes some which are very beautiful. Many are formed by the mere mechanical admixture of blue and yellow pigments. The bright blues and yellows, when mixed in this way, produce the liveliest greens; orange, or red and blue, and the yellowish browns and blue, the more dingy greens. In this way are produced all the extemporaneous greens of the artist. Nickel and titanium also furnish green colours, but these are not in common use. The following list embraces all the best-known and most useful green pigments:—
Green Arsen′ical. Arsenite and aceto-arsenite of copper. See Green, Scheele’s and Schweinfurt (below).
Green, Barth’s. From yellow lake, Prussian blue, and clay, ground together.