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GRAVIDATED

GRAV'IDATED, adjective Made pregnant; big. [Not in use.]

1325

GRAVIDATION

GRAVIDA'TION, noun Pregnancy. [Not in use.]

1326

GRAVIDITY

GRAVID'ITY, noun Pregnancy. [Not in use.]

1327

GRAVING

GRA'VING, participle present tense Engraving; carving; cutting figures on stone, copper or other hard substance.GRA'VING, noun Carved work. 2 Chronicles 2:14.1. Impression.

1328

GRAVITATE

GRAV'ITATE, verb intransitive [Latin gravitas, from gravis, heavy.]To tend to the center of a body, or the central point of attraction. Thus a body elevated above the earth tend...

1329

GRAVITATING

GRAV'ITATING, participle present tense Tending to the center of a body or system of bodies.

1330

GRAVITATION

GRAVITA'TION, noun The act of tending to the center.1. The force by which bodies are pressed or drawn, or by which they tend towards the center of the earth or other center, or ...

1331

GRAVITY

GRAV'ITY, noun [Latin gravitas, from gravis, heavy. See Grave.]1. Weight; heaviness.2. In philosophy, that force by which bodies tend or are pressed or drawn towards the center ...

1332

GRAVY

GRA'VY, noun The fat and other liquid matter that drips from flesh in roasting, or when roasted or baked, or a mixture of that juice with flour.

1333

GRAY

GRAY, adjective [This is probably the name given to the Greeks, on account of their fair complexion compared with the Asiatics and Africans. [See Europe.] 'Keto bore to Phorcus ...

1334

GRAY-BEARD

GRA'Y-BEARD, noun An old man.

1335

GRAY-EYED

GRA'Y-EYED, adjective Having gray eyes.

1336

GRAY-HAIRED

GRA'Y-HAIRED, adjective Having gray hair.

1337

GRAY-HEADED

GRA'Y-HEADED, adjective Having a gray head or gray hair.

1338

GRAYFLY

GRA'YFLY, noun The trumpet-fly.

1339

GRAYHOUND

GRA'YHOUND, noun A tall fleet dog, used in the chase.

1340

GRAYISH

GRA'YISH, adjective Somewhat gray; gray in a moderate degree.

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GRAYLING

GRA'YLING, noun A fish of the genus Salmo, called also umber, a voracious fish, about sixteen or eighteen inches in length, of a more elegant figure than the trout; the back and...

1342

GRAYNESS

GRA'YNESS, noun The quality of being gray.

1343

GRAYWACKE

GRAYWACKE, noun A rock somewhat remarkable in its structure and geological relations; a kind of sandstone, composed of grains or fragments of different minerals, chiefly of quar...

1344

GRAZE

GRAZE, verb transitive [Latin rado, rasi, or rodo, rosi.]1. To rub or touch lightly in passing; to brush lightly in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall or the earth.2. To fe...

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GRAZED

GRA'ZED, participle passive Touched lightly by a passing body; brushed.1. Fed by growing grass; as, cattle are grazed2. Eaten, as growing herbage; as, the fields were grazed

1346

GRAZER

GRA'ZER, noun One that grazes or feeds on growing herbage.

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GRAZIER

GRA'ZIER, noun gra'zhur. One who feeds cattle with grass, or supplies them with pasture.

1348

GRAZING

GRA'ZING, participle present tense Touching lightly, as a moving body.1. Feeding on growing herbage; as grazing cattle.2. Supplying pasture; as a grazing farm.

1349

GREASE

GREASE, noun1. Animal fat in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind, as tallow, lard; but particularly the fatty matter of land animals, as distinguished from the oil...

1350

GREASED

GRE'ASED, participle passive Smeared with oily matter; bribed.