Ray grass \Ray" grass`\, [Etymol. of ray is uncertain.]
(Bot.)
A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); -- called also
rye grass, and red darnel. See Darnel, and Grass.
Italian ray, or rye, grass. See Darnel, and Grass.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Grass \Grass\, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs;
akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras,
Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf.
Graze.]
1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food
of cattle and other beasts; pasture.
2. (Bot.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem
generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in
pairs, and the seed single.
Note: This definition includes wheat, rye, oats, barley,
etc., and excludes clover and some other plants which
are commonly called by the name of grass. The grasses
form a numerous family of plants.
3. The season of fresh grass; spring. [Colloq.]
Two years old next grass. --Latham.
4. Metaphorically used for what is transitory.
Surely the people is grass. --Is. xl. 7.
Note: The following list includes most of the grasses of the
United States of special interest, except cereals. Many
of these terms will be found with definitions in the
Vocabulary. See Illustrations in Appendix.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Grass \Grass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grassed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grassing.]
1. To cover with grass or with turf.
2. To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
3. To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a
fish. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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