KJV Dictionary Definition: grease

grease

GREASE, n.

1. Animal fat in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind, as tallow, lard; but particularly the fatty matter of land animals, as distinguished from the oily matter of marine animals.

2. A swelling and gourdiness of a horse's legs, occasioned by traveling or by standing long in a stable.

GREASE, v.t. greez. To smear, anoint or daub with grease or fat.

1. To bribe; to corrupt with presents. Not elegant.

greased

GRE'ASED, pp. Smeared with oily matter; bribed.

greasing

GRE'ASING, ppr. Smearing with fat or oily matter; bribing.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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