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A giant who withheld the inheritance of Ireʹna (Ireland). He is meant for the genius of the Irish rebellion of 1580, slain by Sir Artʹegal. (Spenser: Faërie Queene, v.) (See Giants.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Grandison Cromwell Lafayette
Grandmother
Granë
Grange
Grangerise
Grangousier
Grani
Granite City (The)
Granite Redoubt (The)
Granite State (The)
Grantorto
Grapes
Grass
Grass Widow
Grasshopper
Grasshopper (The)
Grassmarket
Grassum or Gersome
Gratiano
Grave
Grave

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