Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)
Displaying 2 result(s) from the 1913 edition: Group (Page: 653)
Group (?), n. [F groupe, It. gruppo, groppo, cluster, bunch,
packet, group; of G. origin: cf. G. krepf craw, crop, tumor,
bunch. See Crop, n.]    3. (Biol.) A variously limited
assemblage of animals or planta, having some resemblance, or
common characteristics in form or structure. The term has
different uses, and may be made to include certain species of a
genus, or a whole genus, or certain genera, or even several
orders.   Group (Page: 653)  Group, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grouped
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grouping.] [Cf. F. grouper. See Group, n.]
To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in
groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best
effect; to form an assemblage of.  The difficulty lies in
drawing and disposing, or, as the painters term it, in grouping
such a multitude of different objects. Prior. Grouped columns
(Arch.), three or moro columns placed upon the same