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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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..
Prototype :: Prototype (n.) An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype..
Copy :: Copy (n.) To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off..
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..
Bier :: Bier (n.) A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.
Graveling :: Graveling (n.) Alt. of Gravellin.
Disinter :: Disinter (v. t.) To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.
Graveless :: Graveless (a.) Without a grave; unburied.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust..
Photoxylography :: Photoxylography (n.) The process of producing a representation of an object on wood, by photography, for the use of the wood engraver..
Grave :: Grave (n.) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image..
Dobbin :: Dobbin (n.) Sea gravel mixed with sand.
Landgraviate :: Landgraviate (n.) The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave..
Diesinker :: Diesinker (n.) An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc..
Engravement :: Engravement (n.) Engraved work.
Gravelling :: Gravelling (n.) The act of covering with gravel.
Grave :: 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..
House :: House (v. t.) To deposit and cover, as in the grave..
Ungrave :: Ungrave (v. t.) To raise or remove from the grave; to disinter; to untomb; to exhume.
Grave :: Grave (n.) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction..
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