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Gravel :: Gravel (n.) Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand..

Underlie :: Underlie (v. t.) To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel..

Blinding :: Blinding (n.) A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See Blind, v. t., 4..

Horseback :: Horseback (n.) An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half-stratified condition..

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..

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)..

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

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..

Earth :: Earth (n.) The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth..

Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..

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..

Till :: Till (n.) A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner..

Graveling :: Graveling (n.) Alt. of Gravellin.

Ratchel :: Ratchel (n.) Gravelly stone.

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

Blue Grass :: Blue grass () A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass..

Crag :: Crag (n.) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age..

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

Gravel-stone :: Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus..

Chisley :: Chisley (a.) Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.

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