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..
Cascalho :: Cascalho (n.) A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found..
Riddle :: Riddle (v. t.) To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel..
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete..
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..
Gravely :: Gravely (adv.) In a grave manner.
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)..
Gravelling :: Gravelling () of Grave.
Crag :: Crag (n.) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age..
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..
Gravelliness :: Gravelliness (n.) State of being gravelly.
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..
Graveling :: Graveling (n.) Alt. of Gravellin.
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..
Pan :: Pan (v. i.) To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly..
Alluvium :: Alluvium (n.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas..
Gravelly :: Gravelly (a.) Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil..
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..
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..
Graveling :: Graveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grave.
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