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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Blue Grass :: Blue grass () A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass..
Gravel-stone :: Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus..
Underlie :: Underlie (v. t.) To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel..
Gravelly :: Gravelly (a.) Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil..
Pit :: Pit (n.) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit..
Concrete :: Concrete (n.) A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures..
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..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk..
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..
Step :: Step (a.) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely..
Diluvium :: Diluvium (n.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice..
Parterre :: Parterre (n.) An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on..
Crag :: Crag (n.) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age..
Bar :: Bar (n.) A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation..
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..
"arena :: Arena (n.) Sand or gravel in the kidneys..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..
Os :: Os (n.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar..
Gravel :: Gravel (n.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom..
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