n. [ F. grange barn, LL. granea, from L. granum grain. See Grain a kernel. ] 1. A building for storing grain; a granary. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A farmhouse, with the barns and other buildings for farming purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

And eke an officer out for to ride,
To see her granges and her bernes wide. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor burnt the grange, nor bussed the milking maid. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A farmhouse of a monastery, where the rents and tithes, paid in grain, were deposited. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A farm; generally, a farm with a house at a distance from neighbors. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An association of farmers, designed to further their interests, and 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. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A farm steward. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of a grange. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from the Rev. James Granger, whose “Biographical History of England” (1769) was a favorite book for illustration in this manner. ] The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who collects illustrations from various books for the decoration of one book. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other books. G. A. Sala. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. (Finance) Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying the produce of farmers or grangers; -- specifically applied to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; and Chicago & Northwestern, railroads. [ U. S., obsolescent ]. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

or . Stocks or shares of the granger railroads. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]