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greave
(encz) | greave, n: |
Greave
(gcide) | Greave \Greave\, n.
A grove. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Greave
(gcide) | Greave \Greave\, n. [OF. grees; cf. Sp. grevas.]
Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.
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Greave
(gcide) | Greave \Greave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greaved (gr[=e]vd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Greaving.] [From Greaves.] (Naut.)
To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
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greave
(wn) | greave
n 1: armor plate that protects legs below the knee [syn:
greave, jambeau] |
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greaves
(encz) | greaves,chrániče holení n: pl. [voj.] Alexandr Kolouchgreaves,škvarky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
hargreaves
(encz) | Hargreaves, |
Greave
(gcide) | Greave \Greave\, n.
A grove. [Obs.] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Greave \Greave\, n. [OF. grees; cf. Sp. grevas.]
Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.
[1913 Webster]Greave \Greave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greaved (gr[=e]vd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Greaving.] [From Greaves.] (Naut.)
To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
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Greaved
(gcide) | Greave \Greave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greaved (gr[=e]vd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Greaving.] [From Greaves.] (Naut.)
To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
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Greaves
(gcide) | Greaves \Greaves\ (gr[=e]vz), n. pl. [Cf. dial. Sw. grevar
greaves, LG. greven, G. griebe, also AS. greofa pot. Cf.
Gravy.]
The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for
dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings. [Written
also graves.]
[1913 Webster]Jambes \Jambes\, Jambeux \Jam"beux\, n. pl. [From F. jambe a
leg: cf. OF. jambiere. See Jamb, n.] (Ancient Armor)
In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees,
usually having front and back pieces; called also greaves.
[Written also giambeux.] --Chaucer.
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greaves
(gcide) | Greaves \Greaves\ (gr[=e]vz), n. pl. [Cf. dial. Sw. grevar
greaves, LG. greven, G. griebe, also AS. greofa pot. Cf.
Gravy.]
The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for
dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings. [Written
also graves.]
[1913 Webster]Jambes \Jambes\, Jambeux \Jam"beux\, n. pl. [From F. jambe a
leg: cf. OF. jambiere. See Jamb, n.] (Ancient Armor)
In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees,
usually having front and back pieces; called also greaves.
[Written also giambeux.] --Chaucer.
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greaves
(wn) | greaves
n 1: the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
[syn: greaves, crackling] |
hargreaves
(wn) | Hargreaves
n 1: English inventor of the spinning jenny (1720-1778) [syn:
Hargreaves, James Hargreaves] |
james hargreaves
(wn) | James Hargreaves
n 1: English inventor of the spinning jenny (1720-1778) [syn:
Hargreaves, James Hargreaves] |
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