Definition of grave

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Grave (v. t.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose..

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Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.
Sadden :: Sadden (v. t.) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.
Solemn :: Solemn (a.) Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness..
Bier :: Bier (n.) A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.
Landgrave :: Landgrave (n.) A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.
Photoxylography :: Photoxylography (n.) The process of producing a representation of an object on wood, by photography, for the use of the wood engraver..
Photo-engraving :: Photo-engraving (n.) The process of obtaining an etched or engraved plate from the photographic image, to be used in printing; also, a picture produced by such a process..
Resurrectionist :: Resurrectionist (n.) One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection..
Home :: Home (n.) A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul..
Cipher :: Cipher (n.) A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W..
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy.
Intergrave :: Intergrave (v. t.) To grave or carve between; to engrave in the alternate sections.
Gravelly :: Gravelly (a.) Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil..
Graveling :: Graveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grave.
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