GREASY
Greas"y, a. Etym: [Compar. Greasier (
1. Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.
2. Smeared or defiled with grease. With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers. Shak.
3. Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.
4. Fat of body; bulky. [R.] Shak.
5. Gross; indelicate; indecent. [Obs.] Marston.
6. (Far.)
Defn: Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.
GREAT
Great, a. [Compar. Greater (; superl. Greatest.] Etym: [OE. gret,
great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross.
Cf. Groat the coin.]
1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; — opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.