[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

grace \grace\ gr=as, n. f. gr^ace, l. gratia, from gratus
   beloved, dear, agreeable; perh. akin to gr. ? to rejoice,
   cha`ris favor, grace, skr. hary to desire, and e. yearn. cf.
   grateful, gratis.
   1. the exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition
      to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege
      conferred.
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            to bow and sue for grace
            with suppliant knee.                  --milton.
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   2. theol. the divine favor toward man; the mercy of god, as
      distinguished from his justice; also, any benefits his
      mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of
      acceptance with god; enjoyment of the divine favor.
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            and if by grace, then is it no more of works. --rom.
                                                  xi. 6.
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            my grace is sufficicnt for thee.      --2 cor. xii.
                                                  9.
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            where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
                                                  --rom. v. 20.
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            by whom also we have access by faith into this grace
            wherein we stand.                     --rom. v.2
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   3. law
      a the prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as
          pardon.
      b the same prerogative when exercised in the form of
          equitable relief through chancery.
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   4. fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it
      means misfortune. obs. --chaucer.
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   5. inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic
      fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit.
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            he is complete in feature and in mind.
            with all good grace to grace a gentleman. --shak.
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            i have formerly given the general character of mr.
            addison's style and manner as natural and
            unaffected, easy and polite, and full of those
            graces which a flowery imagination diffuses over
            writing.                              --blair.
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   6. beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness;
      commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.
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            grace in women gains the affections sooner, and
            secures them longer, than any thing else. --hazlitt.
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            i shall answer and thank you again for the gift and
            the grace of the gift.                --longfellow.
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   7. pl. myth. graceful and beautiful females, sister
      goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the
      attendants sometimes of apollo but oftener of venus. they
      were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely,
      aglaia, euphrosyne, and thalia, and were regarded as the
      inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to
      wisdom, love, and social intercourse.
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            the graces love to weave the rose.    --moore.
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            the loves delighted, and the graces played. --prior.
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   8. the title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and
      formerly of the king of england.
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            how fares your grace                 --shak.
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   9. commonly pl. thanks. obs.
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            yielding graces and thankings to their lord
            melibeus.                             --chaucer.
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   10. a petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks
       rendered, before or after a meal.
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   11. pl. mus. ornamental notes or short passages, either
       introduced by the performer, or indicated by the
       composer, in which case the notation signs are called
       grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.
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   12. eng. universities an act, vote, or decree of the
       government of the institution; a degree or privilege
       conferred by such vote or decree. --walton.
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   13. pl. a play designed to promote or display grace of
       motion. it consists in throwing a small hoop from one
       player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of
       each. called also grace hoop or hoops.
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   act of grace. see under act.

   day of grace theol., the time of probation, when the
      offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted.
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            that day of grace fleets fast away.   --i. watts.

   days of grace com., the days immediately following the
      day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are
      allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. in
      great britain and the united states, the days of grace are
      three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants
      being different.

   good graces, favor; friendship.

   grace cup.
       a a cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after
           grace.
       b a health drunk after grace has been said.
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                 the grace cup follows to his sovereign's
                 health.                          --hing.

   grace drink, a drink taken on rising from the table; a
      grace cup.
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            to queen margaret, of scotland . . . we owe the
            custom of the grace drink, she having established it
            as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till
            grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. --encyc.
                                                  brit.

   grace hoop, a hoop used in playing graces. see grace, n.,
      13.

   grace note mus., an appoggiatura. see appoggiatura, and
      def. 11 above.

   grace stroke, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace.
      

   means of grace, means of securing knowledge of god, or
      favor with god, as the preaching of the gospel, etc.

   to do grace, to reflect credit upon.
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            content to do the profession some grace. --shak.

   to say grace, to render thanks before or after a meal.

   with a good grace, in a fit and proper manner grace fully;
      graciously.

   with a bad grace, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory
      manner; ungraciously.
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            what might have been done with a good grace would at
            least
            be done with a bad grace.             --macaulay.

   syn: elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy.

   usage: grace, mercy. these words, though often
          interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar
          meaning. grace, in the strict sense of the term, is
          spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy
          is kindness or compassion to the suffering or
          condemned. it was the grace of god that opened a way
          for the exercise of mercy toward men. see elegance.
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see also:
grateful gratis grace hoop hoops act of grace act 
day of grace days of grace good graces grace cup grace drink 
grace hoop grace grace note appoggiatura grace stroke 
means of grace to do grace to say grace with a good grace with a bad grace 
mercy elegance 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

day \day\ d=a, n. oe. day, dai, dei, as. daeg; akin to
   os., d., dan.,  sw. dag, g. tag, icel. dagr, goth. dags; cf.
   skr. dah for dhagh ? to burn. root69. cf. dawn.
   1. the time of light, or interval between one night and the
      next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to
      darkness; hence, the light; sunshine; -- also called
      daytime.
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   2. the period of the earth's revolution on its axis. --
      ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. it is measured
      by the interval between two successive transits of a
      celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a
      specific name from that of the body. thus, if this is the
      sun, the day the interval between two successive transits
      of the sun's center over the same meridian is called a
      solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is
      the moon, a lunar day. see civil day, sidereal day,
      below.
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   3. those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by
      usage or law for work.
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   4. a specified time or period; time, considered with
      reference to the existence or prominence of a person or
      thing; age; time.
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            a man who was great among the hellenes of his day.
                                                  --jowett
                                                  thucyd. 
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            if my debtors do not keep their day, . . .
            i must with patience all the terms attend. --dryden.
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   5. preceded by the some day in particular, as some day of
      contest, some anniversary, etc.
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            the field of agincourt,
            fought on the day of crispin crispianus. --shak.
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            his name struck fear, his conduct won the day.
                                                  --roscommon.
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   note: day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as,
         daybreak, daylight, workday, etc.
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   anniversary day. see anniversary, n.

   astronomical day, a period equal to the mean solar day, but
      beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four
      hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day,
      as that most used by astronomers.

   born days. see under born.

   canicular days. see dog day.

   civil day, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary
      reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning
      at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two
      series, each from 1 to 12. this is the period recognized
      by courts as constituting a day. the babylonians and
      hindoos began their day at sunrise, the athenians and jews
      at sunset, the ancient egyptians and romans at midnight.
      

   day blindness. med. see nyctalopia.

   day by day, or day after day, daily; every day;
      continually; without intermission of a day. see under
      by. "day by day we magnify thee." --book of common
      prayer.

   days in bank eng. law, certain stated days for the return
      of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called
      because originally peculiar to the court of common bench,
      or bench bank as it was formerly termed. --burrill.

   day in court, a day for the appearance of parties in a
      suit.

   days of devotion r. c. ch., certain festivals on which
      devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --shipley.

   days of grace. see grace.

   days of obligation r. c. ch., festival days when it is
      obligatory on the faithful to attend mass. --shipley.

   day owl, zool., an owl that flies by day. see hawk owl.
      

   day rule eng. law, an order of court now abolished
      allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go
      beyond the prison limits for a single day.

   day school, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in
      distinction from a boarding school.

   day sight. med. see hemeralopia.

   day's work naut., the account or reckoning of a ship's
      course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon.

   from day to day, as time passes; in the course of time; as,
      he improves from day to day.

   jewish day, the time between sunset and sunset.

   mean solar day astron., the mean or average of all the
      apparent solar days of the year.

   one day, one of these days, at an uncertain time, usually
      of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. "well,
      niece, i hope to see you one day fitted with a husband."
      --shak.

   only from day to day, without certainty of continuance;
      temporarily. --bacon.

   sidereal day, the interval between two successive transits
      of the first point of aries over the same meridian. the
      sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time.

   to win the day, to gain the victory, to be successful. --s.
      butler.

   week day, any day of the week except sunday; a working day.
      

   working day.
      a a day when work may be legally done, in distinction
          from sundays and legal holidays.
      b the number of hours, determined by law or custom,
          during which a workman, hired at a stated price per
          day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.
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see also:
dawn daytime solar day sidereal day lunar day civil day 
sidereal day anniversary day anniversary astronomical day born days 
born canicular days dog day day blindness nyctalopia 
day by day day after day by days in bank day in court 
days of devotion days of grace grace days of obligation day owl 
hawk owl day rule day school day sight hemeralopia 
day's work from day to day jewish day mean solar day one day 
one of these days only from day to day to win the day week day working day 

[3] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

days of grace. certain days after the time limited by the bill or note, 
which the acceptor or drawer has a right to demand for payment of the bill 
or note; these days were so called because they were formerly gratuitously 
allowed, but now, by the custom of merchants, sanctioned by decisions of 
courts of justice, they are demandable of right. 6 watts  serg. 179. the 
number of these in the united states is generally three.  chitty on bills, 
h.t. but where the established usage of the where the instrument is 
payable, or of the bank at which it is payable, or deposited for collection, 
be to make the demand on the fourth or other day, the parties to the note 
will be bound by such usage. 5 how. u. s. rep. 317; 1 smith, lead. cas. 417. 
when the last day of grace happens on the 4th of july; 2 caines cas. in err. 
195; or on sunday; 2 caines' r. 343; 7 wend. 460; the demand must be made on 
the day previous. 13 john. 470; 7 wend. 460; 12 mass. 89; 6 pick. 80; 2 
caines, 343: 2 mccord, 436. but see 2 conn. 69. see 20 wend. 205; 1 metc. r. 
43; 2 cain. cas. 195; 7 how. miss. r. 129; 4 j. j. marsh. 332. 
     2. in louisiana, the days of grace are no obstacle to a set off, the 
bill being due, for this purpose before the expiration of those days. louis. 
code, art. 2206. 
     3. in france all days of grace, of favor, of usage, or of local custom, 
for the payment of bills of exchange, are abolished. code de com. art. 185. 
see 8 verm. 833; 2 port. 286; 1 conn. 329; 1 pick. 401; 2 pick. 125; 3 pick. 
414; 1 n.  m. 83. 

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