Definition of gravel

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Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.

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"arena :: Arena (n.) Sand or gravel in the kidneys..
Growan :: Growan (n.) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall..
Placer :: Placer (n.) A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent..
Gravelling :: Gravelling (n.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea..
Pothole :: Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.
Gravelliness :: Gravelliness (n.) State of being gravelly.
Demurely :: Demurely (adv.) In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty..
Shingly :: Shingly (a.) Abounding with shingle, or gravel..
Graveless :: Graveless (a.) Without a grave; unburied.
Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..
Step :: Step (a.) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely..
Graveling :: Graveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grave.
Blinding :: Blinding (n.) A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See Blind, v. t., 4..
Hopperings :: Hopperings (n.) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.
Grit :: Grit (n.) Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles..
Fill :: Fill (a.) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel..
Gravel :: 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.
Eschar :: Eschar (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams..
Screen :: Screen (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift..
Blue Grass :: Blue grass () A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass..
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