Gravelling

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graveled}or {Gravelled};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Graveling} or {Gravelling}.]
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     1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
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     2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run
        aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
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              When we were fallen into a place between two seas,
              they graveled the ship.               --Acts xxvii.
                                                    41 (Rhemish
                                                    version).
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              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.
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     3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]
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              When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak.
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              The physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
              that he had not a word more to say.   --Sir T.
                                                    North.
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     4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the
        shoe and foot.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Graveling \Grav"el*ing\, or Gravelling \Grav"el*ling\, n.
     1. The act of covering with gravel.
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     2. A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.). Graveling

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Graveling \Grav"el*ing\, or Gravelling \Grav"el*ling\, n.
     (Zool.)
     A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gravelling
       See {gravel}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gravel
       adj : unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
             [syn: {grating}, {gravelly}, {rasping}, {raspy}, {rough}]
       n : rock fragments and pebbles [syn: {crushed rock}]
       v 1: 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}, {vex},
            {chafe}, {devil}]
       2: cover with gravel; "We gravelled the driveway"
       3: 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}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}]
       [also: {gravelling}, {gravelled}]