Grammar
the science which treats of the words of which language is composed, and of the laws by which it is governed. It is of two kinds, descriptive and comparative. Descriptive grammar classifies, arranges, and describes words as separate parts of speech, and notes the changes they undergo under certain conditions. Comparative grammar, which is based on the study of words, goes further; it analyzes and accounts for the changes they have undergone, and endeavors to trace them back to their origin; it thus deals with the growth of language.
GRAMME (gram), the standard unit of French measures of weight, and is the weight of a cubic centimeter of distilled water at 0° Centigrade; the other weights have received names corresponding to the number of grammes they contain, or the number of times they are contained in a gramme. A gramme= 15.43248 grains troy, from which the equivalents in English measure for the other weights can easily be found; thus :
Centigramme Decigramme GRAMME Pounds Grains Troy.
Avoirdupois .1543234 .0000220462 Kilogramma Myriagramme Quintal (q.v.) = 1543234 = Decagramme Hectogramme= GRAMONT GRAN GRAMONT (grä-môn'), the name of followed by substituting for the rubber an illustrious French family, the best known of whom are: GABRIEL, a cardinal and diplomatist, in the time of Louis XII. and Francis I.; died in 1534. ANTHONY, duke of Gramont, marshal of France, and viceroy of Navarre, author of "Memoirs," died in 1678, ARMAND, son of the latter, and Count de Guiche, whose "Memoirs" also exist, 1638-1674; PHILI- BERT, Count de Gramont, son of Anthony, known by his memoirs, written by his brother-in-law Anthony, Count Hamilton, died in 1720; ANTHONY, Duke de Gramont, a French marshal and ambassador, known as Count de Guiche, 1671-1725; LOUIS, Duke de Gramont, lost the battle of Dettingen, and was killed at Fontenoy, 1745. The last Duke of Gramont, father of the Duke of Guiche, and the countesses of Tankerville and Sebastiani. He died in 1836. aph.