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G — Graff to Grief (Part 6 of 11)

    4. (Mus.) Deep, not acute, low in pitch.

Grave-clothes, n. pl. Shroud, winding-sheet, cerements.

Gravel, n. Sand, grit, small pebbles.

Gravel, v. a.

    1. Cover with gravel.
    2. Puzzle, embarrass, perplex, bewilder, stagger, pose, nonplus, put out.

Graver, n.

    1. Engraver.
    2. Burin, engraving tool.

Graveyard, n. Cemetery, necropolis, mortuary, churchyard, burial-ground, burying-ground, God’s Acre.

Gravitate, v. n. Tend by gravity.

Gravitation, n. Gravity, centripetal force, attraction of gravitation.

Gravity, n.

    1. Heaviness, weight.
    2. Gravitation, centripetal force, attraction of gravitation.
    3. Sobriety, seriousness, sedateness, thoughtfulness, demureness.
    4. Importance, moment, momentousness, weightiness, seriousness.

Gray, a. [Written also Grey.]

    1. Hoary, black and white, ashen, ash-colored, grizzled.
    2. Gray-haired, gray-headed.

Grayish, a. Grizzly, grizzled, somewhat gray.

Grayling, n. Umber (Thymallus vulgaris).