Part 4953

<blockquote>The usual groundwork of such <b>gratulatory</b> odes. <i>Bp. Horsley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Graunt</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 647 this page badly done>

<hw>Graunt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. & n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Grant.</er> <i>Chaucer.</i></def>

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<hw>Grau"wack*e</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <def>Graywacke.</def>

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<hw>Gra*va"men</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Gravamina </plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Gravamens</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. <ets>gravare</ets> to load, burden, fr. <ets>gravis</ets> heavy, weighty. See <er>Grave</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint. Bouvier.</def>

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<hw>-grave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave. See <er>Margrave.</er></def>

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<hw>Grave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>(Naut.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because <i>graves</i> or <i>greaves</i> was formerly used for this purpose.</def>

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<hw>Grave</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Graver</er> <tt>(gr&amac;v"&etil;r)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Gravest.</er>]</wordforms> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>gravis</ets> heavy; cf. It. & Sp. <ets>grave</ets> heavy, grave. See <er>Grief.</er>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His shield <b>grave</b> and great. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; <as>as, <ex>grave</ex> deportment, character, influence, etc</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Most potent, <b>grave</b>, and reverend seigniors. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>grave</b> and prudent law, full of moral equity. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; <as>as, a <ex>grave</ex> color; a <ex>grave</ex> face</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>(Mus.) (a) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; <as>as, a <ex>grave</ex> note or key</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The thicker the cord or string, the more <b>grave</b> is the note or tone. <i>Moore (Encyc. of Music).</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Slow and solemn in movement.</def>

<cs><col>Grave accent</col>. <cd>(Pron.) See the Note under <er>Accent</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Solemn; sober; serious; sage; staid; demure; thoughtful; sedate; weighty; momentous; important.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Grave</er>, <er>Sober</er>, <er>Serious</er>, <er>Solemn.</er> <i>Sober</i> supposes the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and is opposed to <ref>gay</ref> or <ref>flighty</ref>; <as>as, <ex>sober</ex> thought</as>. <i>Serious</i> implies considerateness or reflection, and is opposed to <ref>jocose</ref> or <ref>sportive</ref>; <as>as, <i>serious</i> and important concerns</as>. <i>Grave</i> denotes a state of mind, appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests, and is opposed to <ref>hilarity</ref> of feeling or <ref>vivacity</ref> of manner; <as>as, a <ex>qrave</ex> remark; <ex>qrave</ex> attire</as>. <i>Solemn</i> is applied to a case in which gravity is carried to its highest point; <as>as, a <ex>solemn</ex> admonition; a <ex>solemn</ex> promise</as>.</usage>

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<hw>Grave</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Graved</er> <tt>(gr&amac;vd)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Graven</er> <tt>(gr&amac;v"'n)</tt> or <er>Graved</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Graving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>grafan</ets> to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. <ets>greva</ets>, D. <ets>graven</ets>, G. <ets>graben</ets>, OHG. & Goth. <ets>graban</ets>, Dan. <ets>grabe</ets>, Sw. <ets>gr&aum;fva</ets>, Icel. <ets>grafa</ets>, but prob. not to Gr. <grk>gra`fein</grk> to write, E. <ets>graphic.</ets> Cf. <er>Grave</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Grove</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To dig. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> Chaucer.</def>

<blockquote>He hath <b>graven</b> and digged up a pit. <i>Ps. vii. 16 (Book of Common Prayer). </i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.</def>