1883. Echo, 3rd May, p. 2, c. 4. But few, indeed, are the men who have been in for GREATS during the last twenty years, and who have not blessed Mr. Kitchin for his edition of the Novum Organum.
Grecian, subs. (Christ’s Hospital).—A senior boy.
1870. Blue Budget, March. We have the full sanction and approval of the GRECIANS, and some of them intend even to contribute articles themselves.
1871. The Blue, Aug. Boys are taken at the age of seven years and remain till they are sixteen.... If at their sixteenth year they have shown remarkable aptitude, they are allowed to remain longer, and as GRECIANS—a traditional title, the origin of which is unknown—to pursue more advanced studies and to enjoy certain privileges as to table. [See Appendix.]
Green. 1. (Charterhouse).—The cricket-ground. See Under-green.
2. (Felsted: obsolete).—A Post-Office Order. [From the colour.]
Green-back, subs. (University).—One of Todhunter’s series of mathematical text-books. [Because bound in green cloth. Cf. Blue-ruin = Bohn’s Classical Series.]
Green Book, The (Charterhouse).—A record of the date of entering and leaving the school: this has been somewhat loosely kept, and gaps are conspicuous.
Green-room Boys, subs. phr. (Stonyhurst).—Boys chosen to be the stage-manager’s assistants at the Shrove-tide plays.
Greens, The (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—Two large grass plots, or lawns and shrubberies, on the south front. A cricket-ball hit full pitch into either of these from the opposite end of the playground was known as “A Greener.” Whence GREEN-BOYS = boys who used to look after the “GREENS.”