1823. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry, i., 4. We’ll start first to the show shop of the metropolis, Hyde Park! promenade it down the grand strut.
Granger, subs. (American political).—1. A member of the Farmers’ Alliance; a secret society, nominally non-political, but really taking a hand in politics when occasion offered to favour agricultural interests. [During the decade of years ending 1870, it attained to great numerical strength, and extended throughout the United States.] See Agricultural Wheel. [[194]]
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.