GRANIFORM
Gran"i*form, a. Etym: [L. granum grain + -form; cf. F. graniforme.]
Defn: Formed like of corn.
GRANILLA
Gra*nil"la, n. Etym: [Sp., small seed.]
Defn: Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect.
GRANITE
Gran"ite, n. Etym: [It. granito granite, adj., grainy, p. p. of
granire to make grainy, fr. L. granum grain; cf. F. granit. See
Grain.] (Geol.)
Defn: A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefor in being destitute of a schistose structure.
Note: Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also the Note under Mica. Gneissoid granite, granite in which the mica has traces of a regular arrangement. — Graphic granite, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged in the transverse section like oriental characters. — Porphyritic granite, granite containing feldspar in distinct crystals. — Hornblende granite, or Syenitic granite, granite containing hornblende as well as mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende replacing the mica. — Granite ware. (a) A kind of stoneware. (b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling granite.
GRANITE STATE
Gran"ite State.
Defn: New Hampshire; — a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite.
GRANITE STATE
Gran"ite State.