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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gravel \Grav"el\, n. [OF. gravele, akin to F. gr?ve a sandy shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf Armor. grouan gravel, W. gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and Skr. gr[=a]van stone.] 1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand. 2. (Med.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also the disease of which they are a symptom. {Gravel powder}, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graveled}or {Gravelled}; p. pr & vb n. {Graveling} or {Gravelling}.] 1. To cover with gravel; as to gravel a walk. 2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand. When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version). Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground. --Camden. 3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.] When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak. The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say --Sir T. North. 4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gravel adj 1: made of packed earth or gravel; "a dirt road" [syn: {dirt}, {graveled}] 2: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" [syn: {grating}, {gravelly}, {rasping}, {raspy}, {rough}] n : rock fragments and pebbles [syn: {crushed rock}] v 1: cause annoyance in disturb, esp. by minor irritations: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: {annoy}, {rag}, {get to}, {bother}, {get at}, {irritate}, {rile}, {nark}, {nettle}, {vex}, {devil}] 2: cover with gravel, as of a road 3: be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!" [syn: {perplex}, {get}, {puzzle}, {mystify}, {baffle}, {beat}, {bewilder}, {flummox}, {stupefy}, {stupify}, {nonplus}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}, {trounce}]
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