Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Grange

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Grange


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(1):

(n.) A farmhouse, with the barns and other buildings for farming purposes.

(2):

(n.) A building for storing grain; a granary.

(3):

(n.) A farmhouse of a monastery, where the rents and tithes, paid in grain, were deposited.

(4):

(n.) A farm; generally, a farm with a house at a distance from neighbors.

(5):

(n.) An association of farmers, designed to further their interests, aud particularly to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into direct commercial relations, without intervention of middlemen or traders. The first grange was organized in 1867.