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▪ I. † ˈgrateless, a.1 Obs. rare. [f. grate a. + -less (on the analogy of grateful).] Ungrateful, thankless.
1577Kendall Flowers of Epigr. 24 Lest she thee call churle gratelesse and vnkinde. 1594Carew Tasso (1881) 19 Nor Eurard, nor Gernier, must slip my mind, To passe in gratelesse silence more then loth. ▪ II. grateless, a.2|ˈgreɪtlɪs| [f. grate n.1 + -less.] Without a grate, having no grate.
1808J. Barlow Columb. vi. 34 What grateless dungeons groan beneath the ground! 1876M. M. Grant Sun-Maid iv, The chimney was open and grateless. |