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▪ I. greeny, n.|ˈgriːnɪ|
[f. green a. + -y.]
1. Theatr. slang. The curtain of a theatre.
1821Egan Tom & Jerry xiii. (1870) 357 It is far more difficult to please the company behind Greeny; I beg pardon, sir, I should have said than the audience before the curtain.
2. A greenish-coloured bird.
a. dial. The greenfinch or green grosbeak.
b. Austral. A schoolboy's name for the white-plumed honey-eater, Ptilotis penicillata.
1825Brockett N.C. Words, Greeney, the green gros⁓beak. 1896Australasian 11 Jan. 73/1 (Morris) The members of the feathered tribe known to young city ‘knights of the catapult’ as greenies.
3. A greenhorn; a freshman at a university.
1834Southey Doctor l. II. 157 He was entered among the Greenies of this famous University [Leyden]. 1852Judson Myst. N.Y. iii. ix. 58 Anybody could know that these was took by a greeny. 1887Congregationalist 7 Apr. (Farmer), Jim said I was a greeny.
▪ II. greeny, a.|ˈgriːnɪ|
Also 6 griny.
[f. green a. + -y1.]
†1. Green, verdant. Also fig. Vigorous. Obs.
1593Queen Elizabeth Boethius, De Consol. i. metr. i. 7 Happy griny Youthe. Ibid. iii. metr. viii. 3 Seake not the Golde in griny tre. 1602Davison Rhapsody B 11 The scorching heate of Summer Sun..Thy [sc. Earth]..pride of all thy greeny haire defaceth. 1620Shelton Quix. III. xiii. 81 A Nymph of the greeny Grove. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Sculler Wks. iii. 27/2, I that on greenie grasse could lay me downe. 1669J. Flavel Husb. Spirit. (1770) 203 In a greeny seat Of shady oak. 1674Playford Skill Mus. i 64 When merry Lads are playing Each with his bonny Lass Upon the greeny grass.
2. Somewhat green, greenish.
1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. 192 A sky-blue sash..not the poor, thin greeny colour which usually passes under that dishonoured name. 1897Vizetelly Zola's Rome 444 The second floor dining-room was so gloomy, saddened by the greeny half-light of the courtyard.
b. quasi-adv. qualifying adjs. of colour.
1884Fenn Sweet Mace III. ii. 18 A greeny olive snake raised its head. 1891H. Herman His Angel 209 His countenance was of a greeny ashen. 1898Blackw. Mag. Sept. 375/2 The greeny white of breaking water. |