Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Granite State \Gran"ite State\
   New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which
   are chiefly of granite.

Granite State \Gran"ite State\
   New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which
   are chiefly of granite. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Source : WordNet®

Granite State
     n : a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
         [syn: {New Hampshire}, {NH}]