Chapter Grandmother to Grave as an Owl of G by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Grave-diggers (Hamlet). "If the water come to the man ..." The legal case referred to by Shakespeare occurred in the fifth year of Queen Elizabeth's reign, called Hales v. Petit, stated at length in Notes and Queries, vol. viii. p. 123 (first series).

Grave Maurice A public-house sign. The head of the [Graf Moritz], Prince of Orange, and Captain- General of the United Provinces (1567-1625). (Hotten: Book of Signs.)

Grave Searchers Monkir and Nakir, so called by the Mahometans. (Ockley, vol. ii.) (See Monkir.)

Grave as a Judge Sedate and serious in look and manner.

Grave as an Owl Having an aspect of solemnity and wisdom.