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Gravelly stone. [Prov. Eng.]

A torrent of water. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

To allege again. Cotgrave.

e like. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Ps. xxv. 22. The Almighty from the grave Hath me redeemed. Sandys.

To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing.

A female regent. [R.] Cotgrave.

d a more lively regret for the loss of a servant. Clarendon. From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. W. Irving.

To interrogate again; to question repeatedly. Cotgrave.

That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).

The act of cutting or paring off. Cotgrave.

To take from the grave; to disinter. [Slang]

One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection. [Slang]

To play the orator. Colgrave.

bs, and protect; to shut in. It [lead] were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave. Shak. To rib land, to leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in plowing.

for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.

You are right, Justice, and you weigh this well. Shak. If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is . . . right, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die." Locke.

ed. While things were just ripe for a war. Addison. I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies. Burke.

To ascend from the grave; to come to life. But now is Christ risen from the dead. 1. Cor. xv. 20.

rking with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.

A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.