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  • English Word Greenback Definition One of the legal tender notes of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.
  • English Word Greenbacker Definition One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments.
  • English Word Greenbone Definition Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus).
  • English Word Greenbone Definition The European eelpout.
  • English Word Greencloth Definition A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates.
  • English Word Greened Definition of Green
  • English Word Greenery Definition Green plants; verdure.
  • English Word Greenfinch Definition A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.
  • English Word Greenfinch Definition The Texas sparrow (Embernagra rufivirgata), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head.
  • English Word Greenfish Definition See Bluefish, and Pollock.
  • English Word Greengage Definition A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.
  • English Word Greengill Definition An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.
  • English Word Greengrocer Definition A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.
  • English Word Greenhead Definition The mallard.
  • English Word Greenhead Definition The striped bass. See Bass.
  • English Word Greenhead Definition Alt. of Greenhood
  • English Word Greenhood Definition A state of greenness; verdancy.
  • English Word Greenhorn Definition A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon.
  • English Word Greenhouse Definition A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
  • English Word Greening Definition of Green
  • English Word Greening Definition A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality.
  • English Word Greenish Definition Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.
  • English Word Greenlander Definition A native of Greenland.
  • English Word Greenlet Definition l. (Zool.) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See Vireo.
  • English Word Greenlet Definition Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits.
  • English Word Greenly Definition With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely.
  • English Word Greenly Definition Of a green color.
  • English Word Greenness Definition The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.
  • English Word Greenness Definition Freshness; vigor; newness.
  • English Word Greenness Definition Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth.