grafter.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 Bot. a a shoot or scion inserted into a slit of stock, from which it receives sap. b the place where a graft is inserted.
2 Surgery a piece of living tissue, organ, etc., transplanted surgically.
3 sl. hard work.

--v.

1 tr. a (often foll. by into, on, together, etc.) insert (a scion) as a graft. b insert a graft on (a stock).
2 intr. insert a graft.
3 tr. Surgery transplant (living tissue).
4 tr. (foll. by in, on) insert or fix (a thing) permanently to another.
5 intr. sl. work hard.

grafting-clay (or -wax) a substance for covering the united parts of a graft and stock.

grafter n. [ME (earlier graff) f. OF grafe, grefe f. L graphium f. Gk graphion stylus f. grapho write]

grafter.html - n. & v.
colloq. --n.

1 practices, esp. bribery, used to secure illicit gains in politics or business.
2 such gains.

--v.

intr. seek or make such gains.

grafter n. [19th c.: orig. unkn.]

grafter.html - n.
(pl. graffiti)
1 (usu. in pl.) a piece of writing or drawing scribbled, scratched, or sprayed on a surface.

Not a mass noun in this sense, and so a plural construction is needed, e.g. graffiti are (not is) an art form.
2 Art a form of decoration made by scratches on wet plaster, showing a different-coloured under-surface. [It. f. graffio a scratch]

grafter.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 Bot. a a shoot or scion inserted into a slit of stock, from which it receives sap. b the place where a graft is inserted.
2 Surgery a piece of living tissue, organ, etc., transplanted surgically.
3 sl. hard work.

--v.

1 tr. a (often foll. by into, on, together, etc.) insert (a scion) as a graft. b insert a graft on (a stock).
2 intr. insert a graft.
3 tr. Surgery transplant (living tissue).
4 tr. (foll. by in, on) insert or fix (a thing) permanently to another.
5 intr. sl. work hard.

grafting-clay (or -wax) a substance for covering the united parts of a graft and stock.

grafter n. [ME (earlier graff) f. OF grafe, grefe f. L graphium f. Gk graphion stylus f. grapho write]

grafter.html - n. & v.
colloq. --n.

1 practices, esp. bribery, used to secure illicit gains in politics or business.
2 such gains.

--v.

intr. seek or make such gains.

grafter n. [19th c.: orig. unkn.]

grafter.html - {n.} 1. A bag from which surprise packages are chosen; a bag in which there are many unknown things. * /The woman paid a quarter for a chance at the grab bag./ * /The children brought packages to be sold from the grab bag at the school carnival./ 2. A group of many different things from which to choose; a variety. * /The TV program was a grab bag for young and old alike./