(n.) An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man.
Example Sentences:
(1) According to statues and images of the Saint, the martyrdom took place by stoning or else by the use of instruments of torture such as pincers, gouge and gammer, and dentists' forceps.
Gramme
Definition:
(n.) The unit of weight in the metric system. It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain, n., 4.
(n.) Same as Gram the weight.
Example Sentences:
(1) The autopsy revealed an excessive hyperplasia of the exocrine pancreatic tissue resulting in the largest pancreas ever reported (254 gramm).
(2) The original metric system based on lenght (centimetre), mass (gramme) and time (second) has proved inadequate.
(3) The weight of a complete binocular prism loupe, including the frame, is from 100 to 110 grammes.
(4) A proteinuria of more than one gramme per litre in spontaneously voided midday urine indicated a high probability for the presence of urinary tract obstruction and was considered an urgent indication for antischistosomal treatment.
(5) After a proper pasteurisation in 5 plants (70 degrees C for 30 minutes) 98-100% of tested sludge samples contained less than 10 Enterobacteriaceae per gramm.
(6) It remained in place for half a century before it was repealed in 1999 through the Financial Services Modernisation Act, again better known by the names of the politicians who promoted the legislation – Gramm, Leach and Bliley.
(7) Prior parasitological studies showed that they had substantial pre-treatment faecal egg counts (900 to 2200 eggs per gramme), and that they were infected with benzimidazole-resistant cyathostomes.
(8) Representative Gramm's opposition to the Administration's Hospital Cost Containment bill and the National Health Plan Act reflect his independence of Democratic Party politics.
(9) [gramme dry weight]-1.min-1) during infusion of five doses of angiotensin II, LTC4, LTD4 (approximately 10 to approximately 300 pmol.min-1), and noradrenaline (400 to 2000 pmol.min-1), or perfusion with medium which contained calcium at half-concentration.
(10) The factors increasing the complication rate were low age, weight below 5000 grammes, exposure of the vessel, excessively large instruments and long duration of the examination.
(11) In all, 586 (73%) of the 802 restaurant and takeaway pizzas analysed were found to have more than six grammes of salt, which is the maximum that government advisers say people should consume in a day.
(12) 36.5 mouse LD50 type B toxin was found to be present in each gramme of grass silage, the bacterial count being 10(4) Cl.
(13) Now, Gramm stands by both the name and the idea behind it: That sequestration should be a last resort, a final backstop on overspending.
(14) They can be the size of a nut, and just a few grammes, and go up to 1kg.
(15) Enough pooled human plasma was added to half of each solution to give a total concentration of a gramme of protein per litre.
(16) On a good day, I can get three grammes, which I sell either to the police or [to buyers] in Timika.” A tiny village when Freeport arrived here 40 years ago, Timika is now a boom town dotted with bars, brothels, gold-processing shops and various military personnel.
(17) The experiment was on 350 male rats from 23 to 275 days of age and mean SB from 39 to 430 grammes, divided into 14 age groups (k = 14).
(18) Two grammes of Fasigyn were used as a single oral dose with yeast as Placebo.
(19) Fifteen of these infants were caused by gramm-negative organisms.
(20) I look at sub-prime lending and see the American dream in action," Gramm told a Senate debate in 2001.