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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Green

Green, a.

adjective

a. [compar. GREENER; superl. GREENEST.] [A-S. grēne, D. groen, Dan. & Sw. grön, Icel. grænn, N. H. Ger. grün, O. H. Ger. gruoni, groni, from gruonen, grōen, gruohan, gruōan, to be or become green, M. H. Ger. grüejen, A-S. grōwan, Eng. grow, Icel. gróa. Cf. Icel. greni, fir-tree, grön, beard.]

  1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is situated between the yellow and the blue; having a color composed of blue and yellow rays; verdant; emerald.
  2. Having a sickly greenish color; wan. “To look so green and pale.” Shak.
  3. Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. “The greenest usurpation.” Burke.
  4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or perfect; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, and the like.
  5. Not roasted; half raw. [Rare.]

We say the meat is green when half roasted. Watts. 6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment; a green hand. I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. W. Scott. 7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, and the like. Green goose. See GOOSE.

Green, n.

noun

n. 1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.

Sense 2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage. “O’er the smooth, enameled green.” Milton.

Sense 3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths;—usually in the plural.

The fragrant greens I seek, my brows to bind. Dryden.

In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers. Pope.

Sense 4. (pl.) (Cookery.) The leaves and stems of young plants dressed for food.

Green, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. GREENED; p. pr. & vb. n. GREENING.] [A-S. grēnian, from grēne. See supra.] To make green.

Great spring before Greened all the year. Thomson.