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C R.~MMONT, a town of the Aull rinn !etherlands,
in Iht provinee of Flanders, fitualed on Ihe river
Dender: E. long. 3° 5e', and N. I. e 50° SS'.
GRAMPOUNO, a borough·town of Cornwal, thirty.
•lght miles fouth ·well of Launcellon : W. long.
.Jo 25', and N. lat o50° 20'. It fends two membm
10 parliamene.
CRAMPUS, in iehthyology. See DEL PH1 Nu s.
CR.'\ ADA, a provinee of Spain, bounded by Andalu·
Ihe north, by Murfia aod the Medilerranean
onIhe eall, by ehé fame fea onehe foul h, and by An·
dalulia on ehe IVell.
GRANADA , the eapieal eity of the provine of Granada in
Spain, lituaeed two hundred miles fouth of Madrid:
W. long. 3° 40" and N. lat. 37° 15'.
GRANADA, a provioce of Terra Firma. in South Ame.
1ica, bounded on the nonh by the pro'vinees of Caro
Ihagena and .SI Manha, on ehe eal! by Zeneguela, by
Popoyan on Ihe foulh. and by Darien on the wel!.
GRANADA , a eily of Mexieo, inNonh Ameriea, fitua·
I<d on Ihe fide of ehe lake Nicaragua: W. long. 89°,
and N. lae. 11° S'.
GRANADA is alfo ehe 01011 foutherly of ehe Caribbee·
iO,nds, filualed one hundred and 6(IYnliles foulh·well
of Flarb.does: W. long. 61°30', andN lat. I2° IS.
GRANADIER , a foldier ",med \Vieh a fword, a fire·
lock, a bayonee, and a poueh fu ll of hand granadoes.
They wear high eaps, are generally Ihe eallell and
brilkell fellows, and are always Ihe firll upon all al·
laeks.
Every baualion of fooehas generally a company of
cranadiers btlonging 10 il, or elfe (our or five grana·
diers belong 10 each company ofehe battalion; whieh,
on oeeafion, are drawn OUI, and form a eompany of
IhemCelves. Thefe always take Ihe righe of Ihe bal'
lalion.
GRANADILLA. See PASS IFLORA .
tJRANADILLOS, fome of ehe Caribhee·illands, filu ,
lualed beeween Ihe illand of Sr Vineenl a"Ild Granada ;
hUI fo ineonfiderable, Ihal no nation has Ihoughl Ihem
\Vonh polfcning.
GRANADO, a hollow ball or !hell, o( iron or olher
melal, abo~1 IWO inches and ahalf in diameler ; \Vhieh,
being filled \Vieh fine powder, is fel on fire by means
c( a C:nall (ufee, f,lIened lO lile loueh·hole, made o(
Ihe fame eompofilion as Ihal o( a bomb : as foon as
Ihe fi reenlm Ihe !he11. il buril inlo many pieees, mueh
lO Ihedamage o( all Ihal fland near. .
GRANARY, a building 10 lay or flore eorn in, efpe·
eially Ihal defigned 10 be kepe a eonfidcrable lIme.
Sir ¡¡eory Wolton advifes, to make it look IOwarcs
the north, becau(e Ihar q\laner is ehe eoolefl and moll
temperale. Mr Wodidge obferves, thae the he!! gr1.·
naries are buile n( briek, \Vilh q\larters of limber
\Vroughl in Ihe ¡nfide, 10 whieh Ihe boards may be
r.ailed, wiln whieh Ihe infide of the granary mul! be
lined fo cloCe 10 Ihe bricks, Ihal Ihere may noe be a·
r,y room left (or "ermin 10 nleher themCelves. Th"e
may he manv flories one abov~ anolher. whieh fl,ou ld
he Dear Ihe' one 10 Ihe olher; beeauCe Ihe Olallo\VH
the eorn Jies, ;1 is [he ben r, and more eafily larDed.
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GR. .ll·RY, in Engli!h law, is the jury I\'ho (,;,0
b,lIs cf tndlciment before jullices 01" peace ~nd go.l.
ddircry, or o( oyer and lerminer, &c. lll any
olfenders Ihat may be tried (or Ihe
GRANDE, a brandl of Ihe river I\igerin!\frica, whirh
di(ehargcs ilfel( inlo Ihe Adantie oeean, io 15° W.
long. and 11° N. J..t.
GRANII F. , is alfo a "'cr of Brafi l, in the provinee of
Oel Rey, in Soulh Ameliea, whieh difeharges ilfdr
into ti" l\danlie oeean, in 51° W. long , .od 32"
S. lal.
GRA DEE. a d<fignalion gil'en 10 anobleroan of Spain
or Portugal.
The grandees are fulfered to be eovered before the
king, who treats them like prinees, lIyling Ihem 1110'
IIrious, in his Iwers: and in (peaking 10 Ihem, or of
Ihem, Ihey are llyled Eminences.
GRANDENTZ, or GRAUDE NTZ , a eily of Peland.
(ony.two miles (oulh of Oalllziek : E. loog. 19°, and
N. lat. 53° 30'.
GR ANDPRE, a IOwn of Champaign, in France, Ihiny
mi les eal! uf Rhelms: E. long. 4° 56', and N. lal.
49° 18'.
GRAN leU'>, a Jiule river near the Hcllefponl, in Ihe'
Le!!"er Afia, IVhere Alexander (ooght the firll banle
wilh Ihe forees of Oarius.
GRANITE, in nalural hil!ory, a diflinél geous of flones,
eompofed o( feparale and I'ery large conerelions rudelf
eompaéled logether; of greal hardnefs, gi"ing fi re
\Vilh Ilee!, not ofermenling IVilh acids, and 1I0wly and
imperfetlly calcinable in a grIal fire.
O( Ihis genus Ihere are Ihree (peeics: l. The hard
while granile, wilh black fpOIS, commonly ealled
moor·llone : Ihis is a "ery I'aluable kind, eonfilling of
a beauli(ul congeries o( very variouOy conllruélcd and
diffinndy coloured partides, nOI dill'ufed among or
running in one anolher, Lue eaen pure .nd ~illinél,
though firmly adhering lO whiehever o( Ihe olhei's it
comes in conlaa wi:h, ami forming a veryfirm mafs :
il is much ufed In London (Gr Ihe fleps of public LUlld·
ing~, and on cl¡'~r oeeafions where g"at Ilrenglh .nd
hardnefs are r<quired. 2. The hard red granlle, va·
ricgaled IVilh hlaek and white, and eommon in Egypt
~nd Arabia. 3. The pale whili!h'graniee, I'~riegated
wilh and yellow. This is fomelimes found io
flrala, bUI more frequcndy io 100Ce oodules, and is
ured (or paving ehe t1rc<ts .
GRAN IVOROUS, an appcll31ion given 10 anin,als'
wh¡en feld on eom or {eeds. Thefe are prineipally of
Ihe b;rd·kind.
GRANT, in law, a eOOl'e)'anee in wriling o( fúeh Ihiogs
as (annoe pafs or be eonl'eyctJ by word only; fueh are
renes, revelfions, fervicc:s, 6c.
GRAl TH.'\M. a borough' lown o( LineolnOlire, Iwen–
ly·I\"IO miles Couln of Lincoln. h feods IWO 'mrmbers
\O palli, .
GRANVILLE, a pon 10l\'n ofNormandy. from II'henee
Ihe n(,hle Lnll ly u( Can"et lake Ihe litle o( earl .
GRA 'ULATE D, (omelhing thal h~s ur.dergone grao
nul:ui"n. See Ihe neXl .tI [ideo
GR. l-:'.:L:rno:-:, .ccord.,,!: lo Cran:fr, ;s ILe redu.
eing.