Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 41
Graved () of Grave.
Graving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grave.
Grave (v. t.) To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
He hath graven and digged up a pit. -- Ps. vii. 16 (Book of Common Prayer).
Grave (v. t.) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel. -- Ex. xxviii. 9.
Grave (v. t.) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
With gold men may the hearte grave. -- Chaucer.
Grave (v. t.) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
O! may they graven in thy heart remain. -- Prior.
Grave (v. t.) To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. -- Shak.
Grave (v. i.) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
Grave (n.) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.
He bad lain in the grave four days. -- John xi. 17.
{Grave wax}, Adipocere.
Grave (a.) Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" [syn: {grave}, {sedate}, {sober}, {solemn}].
Grave (a.) Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" [syn: {dangerous}, {grave}, {grievous}, {serious}, {severe}, {life-threatening}].
Grave (a.) Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" [syn: {grave}, {grievous}, {heavy}, {weighty}].
Grave (n.) Death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave".
Grave (n.) A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" [syn: {grave}, {tomb}].
Grave (n.) A mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation [syn: {grave accent}, {grave}].
Grave (v.) Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" [syn: {sculpt}, {sculpture}, {grave}].
Grave (v.) Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" [syn: {scratch}, {engrave}, {grave}, {inscribe}].
Grave (n.) Among the ancient Hebrews graves were outside of cities in the open field (Luke 7:12; John 11:30). Kings (1 Kings 2:10) and prophets (1 Sam. 25:1) were generally buried within cities. Graves were generally grottoes or caves, natural or hewn out in rocks (Isa. 22:16; Matt. 27:60). There were family cemeteries (Gen. 47:29; 50:5; 2 Sam. 19:37). Public burial-places were assigned to the poor (Jer. 26:23; 2 Kings 23:6). Graves were usually closed with stones, which were whitewashed, to warn strangers against contact with them (Matt. 23:27), which caused ceremonial pollution (Num. 19:16).
There were no graves in Jerusalem except those of the kings, and according to tradition that of the prophetess Huldah.
Grave (n.) A place where a dead body is interred.
Grave (n.) The violation of the grave, by taking up the dead body, or stealing the coffin or grave clothes, is a misdemeanor at common law. 1 Russ. on. Cr.414. Asingular case, illustrative of this subject, occurred in Louisiana. A son, who inherited a large estate from his mother, buried her with all her jewels, worth $2000; he then made a sale of all he inherited from his mother, for $30,000. After this, a thief broke the grave and stole the jewels, which, after his conviction, were left with the clerk of the court, to be delivered to the owner. The son claimed them, and so did the purchaser of the inheritance; it was held that the jewels, although buried with the mother, belonged to the son, and, that they passed to the purchaser by a sale of the whole inheritance. 6 Robins. L. R. 488. See Dead Body.
Grave (n.) In New York, by statutory enactment, it is provided, that every person who shall open a grave, or other place of interment, with intent, 1. To remove the dead body of any human being, for the purpose of selling the same, or for the purpose of dissection; or, 2. To steal the coffin, or any part thereof, or the vestments or other articles interred with any dead body, shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment, in a state prison, not exceeding two years, or in a county gaol, not exceeding six months, or by fine not, exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Rev. Stat. part 4, tit. 5, art. 3, Sec. 15.
Grave (n.) A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.
Beside a lonely grave I stood -- With brambles 'twas encumbered; The winds were moaning in the wood, Unheard by him who slumbered, A rustic standing near, I said: "He cannot hear it blowing!" "'Course not," said he: "the feller's dead -- He can't hear nowt [sic] that's going." "Too true," I said; "alas, too true -- No sound his sense can quicken!" "Well, mister, wot is that to you? -- The deadster ain't a-kickin'." I knelt and prayed: "O Father, smile On him, and mercy show him!" That countryman looked on the while, And said: "Ye didn't know him". Pobeter Dunko
Graveclothes (n. pl.) The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.
Gravedigger (n.) A digger of graves.
Gravedigger (n.) (Zool.) See Burying beetle, under Bury, v. t.
Gravedigger (n.) A person who earns a living by digging graves.
Gravel (n.) Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.
Gravel (n.) (Med.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.
Gravel powder, A coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.
Graveled (imp. & p. p.) of Gravel.
Gravelled () of Gravel.
Graveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gravel.
Gravelling () of Gravel.
Gravel (v. t.) To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
Gravel (v. t.) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled the ship. -- Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version).
Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground. -- Camden.
Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]
When you were graveled for lack of matter. -- Shak.
The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say. -- Sir T. North.
Gravel (v. t.) To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
Gravel (n.) Rock fragments and pebbles [syn: gravel, crushed rock].
Gravel (v.) Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil].
Gravel (v.) Cover with gravel; "We gravelled the driveway".
Gravel (v.) Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me -- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound].
Graveless (a.) Without a grave; unburied. Graveling
Graveling (n.) Alt. of Gravelling.
Gravelling (n.) The act of covering with gravel.
Gravelling (n.) A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.). Graveling
Graveling (n.) Alt. of Gravelling.
Gravelling (n.) (Zool.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.
Gravelliness (n.) State of being gravelly.
Gravelly (a.) Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil.
Gravelly (a.) Abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little beach" [syn: gravelly, pebbly, shingly].
Gravelly (a.) Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" [syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy].
Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus.
Gravely (adv.) In a grave manner.
Gravely (adv.) In a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]
Gravely (adv.) To a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill" [syn: badly, severely, gravely, seriously].
Graven (v. t.) Carved.
Graven image, An idol; an object of worship carved from wood, stone, etc. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image." -- Ex. xx. 4.
Graven (a.) Cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured representations" [syn: graven, sculpted, sculptured].
Graven (a.) Cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations" [syn: engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribed].
Graveness (n.) The quality of being grave.
His sables and his weeds, Importing health and graveness. -- Shak.
Graveness (n.) A manner that is serious and solemn [syn: graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness].
Gravenstein (n.) A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality.
Graveolence (n.) A strong and offensive smell; rancidity. [R.] -- Bailey.
Graveolent (a.) Having a rank smell. [R.] -- Boyle.
Graver (n.) One who graves; an engraver or a sculptor; one whose occupation is te cut letters or figures in stone or other hard material.
Graver (n.) An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin.
Graver (n.) A tool used by an engraver [syn: graver, graving tool, pointel, pointrel].
Gravery (n.) The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving.
Either of picture or gravery and embossing. -- Holland.
Graves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.
Greaves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings. [Written also graves.]
Graves (n.) English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985) [syn: Graves, Robert Graves, Robert Ranke Graves].
Graves -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000): 37028
Housing Units (2000): 16340
Land area (2000): 555.591691 sq. miles (1438.975813 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.869450 sq. miles (2.251865 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 556.461141 sq. miles (1441.227678 sq. km)
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 36.731680 N, 88.646569 W
Headwords:
Graves
Graves, KY
Graves County
Graves County, KY
Graves' disease () Same as Basedow's disease.
Gravestone (n.) A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.
Gravestone (n.) A stone that is used to mark a grave [syn: gravestone, headstone, tombstone].
Graveyard (n.) A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.
Graveyard (n.) A tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying
ground, memorial park, necropolis].
Gravic (a.) Pertaining to, or causing, gravitation; as, gravic forces; gravic attraction. [R.]
Gravid (a.) Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety ; -- of animals as well as people. " His gravid associate." -- Sir T. Herbert.
Gravid (a.) In an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)].
Gravidated (a.) Made pregnant; big. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Gravidation (n.) Gravidity. [Obs.]
Gravidation (n.) Technical terms for pregnancy [syn: gravidity, gravidness, gravidation].
Gravidity (n.) The state of being
gravidated; pregnancy. [R.]
Gravidity (n.) Technical terms for pregnancy [syn:
gravidity, gravidness, gravidation].
Gravigrade (a.) (Zool.) Slow-paced.
Gravigrade (n.) One of the pachyderms.
Gravimeter (n.) (Physics) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies.
Gravimeter (n.) A measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid [syn: hydrometer, gravimeter].
Gravimeter (n.) A measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth [syn: gravimeter, gravity meter].
Gravimetric (a.) (Chem.) Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight. -- Grav"i*met"ric*al*ly, adv.
Gravimetric analysis (Chem.), Analysis in which the amounts of the constituents are determined by weight; -- in distinction from volumetric analysis.
Gravimetric (a.) Of or relating to hydrometry [syn: hydrometric, gravimetric].
Graving (n.) The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.
Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.
Graving (n.) The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, esp. by incision or in intaglio.
Graving (n.) That which is graved or carved. [R.]
Skillful to . . . grave any manner of graving. -- 2 Chron. ii. 14.
Graving (n.) Impression, as upon the mind or heart.
New gravings upon their souls. -- Eikon Basilike
Graving (1.) Heb. hatsabh. Job 19:24,
rendered "graven," but generally means hewn stone or wood, in
quarry or forest.
Graving (2.) Heb. harush. Jer. 17:1, rendered "graven," and
indicates generally artistic work in metal, wood, and stone, effected by fine
instruments.
Graving (3.) Heb. haqaq. Ezek. 4:1, engraving a plan or map, rendered "pourtray;" Job 19:23, "written."
Graving (4.) Heb. pasal points rather to the sculptor's or the carver's art (Isa. 30:22; 40:19; 41:7; 44:12-15).
Graving (5.) Pathah refers to intaglio work, the cutting and engraving of precious stones (Ex. 28:9-11, 21; Zech. 3:9; Cant. 1:10, 11).
Graving (6.) Heret. In Ex. 32:4 rendered "graving tool;" and in Isa. 8:1, "a pen".
Gravitas (n.) Formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity" [syn: dignity, lordliness, gravita.
Gravitas (n.) Formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity" [syn: dignity, lordliness, gravitas].
Gravitas (n.) High seriousness (as in a person's bearing or in the treatment of a subject). Gravitas is from the Latin gravitas, "heaviness, seriousness," from gravis, "heavy, serious".
Gravitated (imp. & p. p.) of Gravitate.
Gravitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gravitate.
Gravitate (v. i.) 受引力作用而運動；被吸引 To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object.
Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all bodies gravitate toward each other. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the stronger party. -- Macaulay.
Gravitate (v.) Move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics".
Gravitate (v.) Be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age".
Gravitate (v.) Move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other".
Gravitate (v.) To move or tend to move to or toward someone or something
Gravitate (v.) To be attracted to or toward something or someone.
Gravitate (v. i.) To move under the influence of gravitation.
Gravitate (v. i.) To move toward something.
Gravitate (v. i.) To be drawn or attracted especially by natural inclination <youngsters…gravitate toward a strong leader -- Rose Friedman>.
Gravitation (n.) [U]【物】（萬有）引力，重力，地心吸力；[（+to/ toward）] 被吸引 The act of gravitating.
Gravitation (n.) (Pysics) That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also attraction of gravitation, universal gravitation, and universal gravity. See {Attraction}, and {Weight}.
Law of gravitation, That law in accordance with which gravitation acts, namely, that every two bodies or portions of matter in the universe attract each other with a force proportional directly to the quantity of matter they contain, and inversely to the squares of their distances.
Gravitation (n.) (physics) The force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein [syn: {gravity}, {gravitation}, {gravitational attraction}, {gravitational force}].
Gravitation (n.) Movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" [ant: {levitation}].
Gravitation (n.) A figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs".
Gravitation, (n.) The tendency of all bodies to approach one another with a strength proportion to the quantity of matter they contain -- the quantity of matter they contain being ascertained by the strength of their tendency to approach one another. This is a lovely and edifying illustration of how science, having made A the proof of B, makes B the proof of A.
Gravitation (n.) The natural force that causes things to fall towards the earth.
Gravitation (n.) Movement to or toward someone or something.
Gravitation (n.) A force manifested by acceleration toward each other of two free material particles or bodies or of radiant-energy quanta : gravity 3a(2).
Gravitation (n.) The action or process of gravitating.
Gravitational (a.) Of or pertaining to the force of gravity; as, gravitational units.
Gravitational (a.) Of or relating to or caused by gravitation [syn: gravitational, gravitative].
Gravitationally (adv.) As a result of the force of gravity.
Gravitationally (adv.) With respect to gravitation; "gravitationally strong forces".
Gravitative (a.) Causing to
gravitate; tending to a center. -- Coleridge.
Gravitative (a.) Of or relating to or caused by gravitation [syn:
gravitational, gravitative].
Gravities (n. pl. ) of Gravity.
Gravity (a.) [U]【物】重力；引力；地心吸力；重（量）；嚴重性；危險性；重大 The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.
Gravity (a.) Sobriety of character or demeanor. "Men of gravity and learning." -- Shak.
Gravity (n.) (Physics) The force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love" -- Albert Einstein [syn: {gravity}, {gravitation}, {gravitational attraction}, {gravitational force}].
Gravity (n.) A manner that is serious and solemn [syn: {graveness}, {gravity}, {sobriety}, {soberness}, {somberness}, {sombreness}].
Gravity (n.) A solemn and dignified feeling [syn: {gravity}, {solemnity}] [ant: {levity}].
Gravity (a.) Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense.
Gravity (a.) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.
Gravity (a.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.
Gravity, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 218
Housing Units (2000): 103
Land area (2000): 0.298808 sq. miles (0.773910 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.298808 sq. miles (0.773910 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32520
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 40.759096 N, 94.744221 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50848
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gravity, IA
Gravity
Specific gravity (n.) 比重（Specific gravity）是一物體或者氣體密度與同溫同壓下水或者空氣的密度之間的比值，為一個無量綱量。比重若大於1，在水中會沉下，反之若小於1，則可以浮在水上。以水以外的物質當作參考物，通常稱為相對比重。Is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a reference substance; equivalently, it is the ratio of the mass of a substance to the mass of a reference substance for the same given volume. Apparent specific gravity is the ratio of the weight of a volume of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of the reference substance. The reference substance for liquids is nearly always water at its densest (at 4 °C or 39.2 °F); for gases it is air at room temperature (20 °C or 68 °F). Nonetheless, the temperature and pressure must be specified for both the sample and the reference. Pressure is nearly always 1 atm (101.325 kPa).
Temperatures for both sample and reference vary from industry to industry. In British beer brewing, the practice for specific gravity as specified above is to multiply it by 1,000. [1] Specific gravity is commonly used in industry as a simple means of obtaining information about the concentration of solutions of various materials such as brines, hydrocarbons, sugar solutions (syrups, juices, honeys, brewers wort, must, etc.) and acids.
Specific gravity (n.) The density of a substance relative to the density of water.
Gravies (n. pl. ) of Gravy.
Gravy (n.) The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.
Gravy (n.) Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.
Gravy (n.) A sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats.
Gravy (n.) The seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added [syn: gravy, pan gravy].
Gravy (n.) A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line" [syn: boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce].
Gray (a.) 灰色的，灰白的，老的，老練的，陰沈的 any color of neutral hue between white and black; white mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. -- Sir I. Newton.
Gray (a.) Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
Gray (a.) Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames.
Gray (a.) gloomy; dismal.
Gray antimony (Min.), Stibnite.
Gray buck (Zool.), The chickara.
Gray cobalt (Min.), Smaltite.
Gray copper (Min.), Tetrahedrite.
Gray duck (Zool.), The gadwall; also applied to the female mallard.
Gray falcon (Zool.) The peregrine falcon.
Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
Gray hen (Zool.), The female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse.
Gray mill or Gray millet (Bot.), A name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
Gray mullet (Zool.) Any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family Mugilid[ae], found both in the Old World and America; as the European species ({Mugilid[ae] capito, and Mugilid[ae] auratus), the American striped mullet ({Mugilid[ae] albula), and the white or silver mullet ({Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis). See Mullet.
Gray owl (Zool.), The European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits arctic America.
Gray parrot (Zool.), An African parrot ({Psittacus erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. Also called jako.
Gray pike. (Zool.) See Sauger.
Gray snapper (Zool.), A Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper.
Gray snipe (Zool.), The dowitcher in winter plumage.
Gray whale (Zool.), A rather large and swift whale of the northern Pacific ({Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet).
It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
Gray (n.) 灰色，暗淡 A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint.
Gray (n.) An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon.
Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day.
That coats thy life, my gallant gray. -- Sir W. Scott.
Gray (n.) (U. S. History) the Confederate army or a soldier in the confederate army; as, a battle between the blue and the gray.
Gray (n.) The SI unit of absorbed dosage of ionizing radiation, equal to an absorbed energy of 1 joule per kilogram of irradiated material; -- abbreviated Gy. This unit is 100 times the commonly used unit, the rad.
Gray (v. i.) (v. t.) (使) 變灰色 Make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky" [syn: {grey}, {gray}].
Gray (v. i.) (v. t.) Turn grey; "Her hair began to grey" [syn: {grey}, {gray}].
Gray -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000): 5904
Housing Units (2000): 2181
Land area (2000): 868.900957 sq. miles (2250.443051 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.439887 sq. miles (1.139302 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 869.340844 sq. miles (2251.582353 sq. km)
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.722709 N, 100.415469 W
Headwords:
Gray
Gray, KS
Gray County
Gray County, KS
Gray -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 22744
Housing Units (2000): 10567
Land area (2000): 928.277123 sq. miles (2404.226608 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.971856 sq. miles (2.517095 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 929.248979 sq. miles (2406.743703 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 35.437533 N, 100.856145 W
Headwords:
Gray
Gray, TX
Gray County
Gray County, TX
Gray, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000): 1811
Housing Units (2000): 713
Land area (2000): 2.418527 sq. miles (6.263956 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.009479 sq. miles (0.024550 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.428006 sq. miles (6.288506 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34512
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 33.008620 N, 83.534067 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 31032
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gray, GA
Gray
Gray, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 82
Housing Units (2000): 43
Land
area (2000): 1.000854 sq. miles (2.592199 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.000854 sq. miles (2.592199 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32565
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.840074 N, 94.982547 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50110
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gray, IA
Gray
Gray, TN -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Tennessee
Population (2000): 1273
Housing Units (2000): 586
Land area (2000): 1.677927 sq. miles (4.345811 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.005774 sq. miles (0.014954 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.683701 sq. miles (4.360765 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30700
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 36.417403 N, 82.475637 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 37615
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Headwords:
Gray, TN
Gray
Gray, LA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Louisiana
Population (2000): 4958
Housing Units (2000): 1799
Land area (2000): 11.640495 sq. miles (30.148743 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.640495 sq. miles (30.148743 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31180
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 29.680993 N, 90.781414 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 70359
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gray, LA
Gray
Grayback (n.) (Zool.) The California gray whale.
Grayback (n.) (Zool.) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot.
Grayback (n.) (Zool.) The dowitcher.
Grayback (n.) (Zool.) The body louse.
Gray whale, () (Zool.) A rather large and swift baleen whale of the northern Pacific ({Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It grows to a length of 50 feet (sometimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare. It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
Redhead (n.) A person having red hair.
Redhead (n.) (Zool.) (a) An American duck ({Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. Under Poachard.
Redhead (n.) (Zool.) (b) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
Redhead (n.) (Bot.) A kind of milkweed ({Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. It is used in medicine.
Redhead (n.) Someone who has red hair [syn: redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop].
Redhead (n.) North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head [syn: redhead, Aythya americana].
Redhead (n.) Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck [syn: redheaded woodpecker, redhead, Melanerpes erythrocephalus].
Dowitcher (n.) (Zool.) The red-breasted or gray snipe ({Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback.
Grayback (n.) A dowitcher with a grey back [syn: greyback, grayback, Limnodromus griseus].
Grayback (n.) A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere [syn: knot, greyback, grayback,
Calidris canutus].
Graybeard (n.) An old man. -- Shak.
Compare: Bellarmine
Bellarmine (n.) A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century.
It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also graybeard, longbeard.
Graybeard (n.) A man who is very old [syn: old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah].
Grayfly (n.) (Zool.) The trumpet fly. -- Milton. gray-haired
Grayhound (n.) (Zool.) See Greyhound.
Greyhound (n.) A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments. [Written also grayhound.].
Greyhound (n.) A swift steamer, esp. an ocean steamer.
Grayish (a.) Somewhat gray.
Grayish (a.) Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair" [syn: grey, gray, greyish, grayish].
Graylag (n.) (Zool.) The common wild gray goose ({Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose.
Graylag (n.) Common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds [syn: greylag, graylag, greylag goose,
graylag goose, Anser anser].
Grayling (n.) (Zool.) A European fish ({Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish.
And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling. -- Tennyson.
Grayling (n.) (Zool.) An American fish of the genus Thymallus, having similar habits to the above; one species ({T. Ontariensis), inhabits several streams in Michigan; another ({T. montanus), is found in the Yellowstone region.
Compare: Upokororo
Upokororo (n.) (Zool.) An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish ({Prototroctes oxyrhynchus) of the family Haplochitonidae. In general appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Called also grayling.
Grayling, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
Population (2000): 194
Housing Units (2000): 63
Land area (2000): 10.930143 sq. miles (28.308939 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.012854 sq. miles (0.033293 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.942997 sq. miles (28.342232 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30060
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 62.910472 N, 160.067250 W
ZIP
Codes (1990): 99590
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Headwords:
Grayling, AK
Grayling
Grayling, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
Population (2000): 1952
Housing Units (2000): 895
Land area (2000): 2.008115 sq. miles (5.200995 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total
area (2000): 2.008115 sq. miles (5.200995 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34640
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 44.663176 N, 84.710880 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49738
Note:
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Grayling, MI
Grayling
Grayness (n.) The quality of being gray.
Grayness (n.) A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black [syn: gray, grayness, grey, greyness].
Graystone (n.) (Geol.) A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar and augite, and allied to basalt.
Graywacke (n.) (Geol.) A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together.
Note: This term, derived from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to different grits and slates of the Silurian series; but it is now seldom used.
Grazed (imp. & p. p.) of Graze.
Grazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Graze.
Graze (v. t.) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
A field or two to graze his cows. -- Swift.
Graze (v. t.) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. -- Pope.
Graze (v. t.) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. -- Shak.
Graze (v. t.) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.
Graze (v. i.) To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
Graze (v. i.) To yield grass for grazing.
The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose. -- Bacon.