Definition of gravel

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Gravel (v. t.) To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

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Rocker :: Rocker (n.) Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water..
Blinding :: Blinding (n.) A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See Blind, v. t., 4..
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..
Calculous :: Calculous (a.) Caused, or characterized, by the presence of a calculus or calculi; a, a calculous disorder; affected with gravel or stone; as, a calculous person..
Hopperings :: Hopperings (n.) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.
Shingly :: Shingly (a.) Abounding with shingle, or gravel..
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand..
Demurely :: Demurely (adv.) In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty..
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.
Growan :: Growan (n.) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall..
Graveless :: Graveless (a.) Without a grave; unburied.
Graveling :: Graveling (n.) Alt. of Gravellin.
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..
Caddis :: Caddis (n.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm..
Gravel-stone :: Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
Gravelling :: Gravelling (n.) The act of covering with gravel.
Shingle :: Shingle (n.) Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere..
Gravelling :: Gravelling () of Grave.
Chessil :: Chessil (n.) Gravel or pebbles.
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