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Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river)..

Ballast :: Ballast (v. t.) To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid..

Sadly :: Sadly (adv.) Seriously; soberly; gravely.

Embankment :: Embankment (n.) A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc..

Hopperings :: Hopperings (n.) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.

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.

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..

Verge :: Verge (n.) A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre..

Bar :: Bar (n.) A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation..

Pan :: Pan (v. i.) To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly..

Gravelling :: Gravelling (n.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea..

Gravelling :: Gravelling () of Grave.

Leachy :: Leachy (a.) Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like..

Growan :: Growan (n.) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall..

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..

Gravely :: Gravely (adv.) In a grave manner.

Tabby :: Tabby (n.) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock..

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.

Step :: Step (a.) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely..

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