Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GRAVE'-ROB-BER, n.

One who robs a grave.

GRAVE'-ROB-BING, n.

A robbing of the grave.

GRAV'EST, a.

Most grave.

GRAVE'-STONE, n.

A stone laid over a grave, or erected near it, as a monument to preserve the memory of the dead.

GRAVE'-YARD, n.

A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead.

GRAV'ID, a. [L. gravidus, from gravis, heavy.]

Pregnant; being with child. Herbert.

GRAV'ID-A-TED, a.

Made pregnant; big. [Not in use.] Barrow.

GRAV-ID-A'TION, n.

Pregnancy. [Not in use.] Pearson.

GRA-VID'I-TY, n.

Pregnancy. [Not in use.] Arbuthnot.

GRA-VIM'E-TER, n. [L. gravis, and Gr. μετρον.]

An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies, solid or liquid.

GRAV'ING, n.

1. Carved work. 2 Chron ii.
2. Impression. King Charles.

GRAV'ING, ppr.

Engraving; carving; cutting figures on stone, copper, or other hard substance.

GRAV'I-TATE, v.i. [Sp. gravitar; Fr. graviter; from L. gravitas, from gravis, heavy.]

To tend to the center of a body, or the central point of attraction. Thus a body elevated above the earth tends to fall, that is, it gravitates toward the center of the earth; and the planets are supposed to gravitate toward the sun, or center of the solar system.

GRAV'I-TA-TING, ppr.

Tending to the center of a body or system of bodies.

GRAV-I-TA'TION, n.

1. The act of tending to the center.
2. The force by which bodies are pressed or drawn, or by which they tend toward the center of the earth or other center, or the effect of that force. Thus the falling of a body to the earth is ascribed to gravitation. Encyc.

GRAV'I-TY, n. [Fr. gravité; Sp. gravidad; L. gravitas, from gravis, heavy. See Grave.]

1. Weight; heaviness.
2. In philosophy, that force by which bodies tend or are pressed or drawn toward the center of the earth, or toward some other center, or the effect of that force; in which last sense gravity is synonymous with weight. Encyc. Gravity is the tendency of great bodies to a center, or the sum or results of all the attractions of all the molecules composing a great body. Dict. Nat. Hist. The force of gravity in a body is in direct proportion to its quantity of matter. Anon.
3. Specific gravity, the weight belonging to an equal bulk of every different substance. Thus the exact weight of a cubic inch of gold, compared with that of a cubic inch of water or tin, is called its specific gravity. The specific gravity of bodies is usually ascertained by weighing them in distilled water. Encyc.
4. Seriousness; sobriety of manners; solemnity of deportment or character. Great Cato there, for gravity renowned. Dryden.
5. Weight; enormity; atrociousness; as, the gravity of an an injury. [Not used.] Hooker.
6. In music, lowness of sound.

GRA'VY, n.

The fat and other liquid matter that drips from flesh in roasting, or when roasted or baked, or a mixture of that juice with flour.

GRAY, a. [Sax. grig, græg; G. grau; D. graauw; Dan. graae; Sw. grå; It. grigio; Ir. gre. This is probably Γραικος, Græcus, Greek, Graii, the name given to the Greeks, on account of their fair complexion compared with the Asiatics and Africans. (See Europe.) Φορκυι δ' αυ Κητω Γραιας τεκε καλλιπαρηους, / Εκ γενετης πολιας τας δη Γραιας καλεουσιν. Hesiod. Theog. 270. “Keto bore to Phorcus the Graiæ with fair cheeks, white from their birth, and hence they were called Graiæ.” The Greek word γραια is rendered an old woman, and in this passage of Hesiod, is supposed to mean certain deities. The probability is, that it is applied to an old woman, because she is gray. But the fable of Hesiod is easily explained by supposing the author to have had in his mind some imperfect account of the origin of the Greeks.]

1. White, with a mixture of black. These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. Newton.
2. White; hoary; as, gray hair. We apply the word to hair that is partially or wholly white.
3. Dark; of a mixed color; of the color of ashes; as, gray eyes; the gray-eyed morn. Gay. Shak.
4. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.

GRAY, n.

1. A gray color. Parnel.
2. A badger. Ainsworth.

GRAY'-BEARD, n.

An old man. Shak.

GRAY'-EY-ED, a.

Having gray eyes.

GRAY'FLY, n.

The trumpet-fly. Milton.

GRAY'-HAIR-ED, a.

Having gray hair.

GRAY'-HEAD-ED, a.

Having a gray head or gray hair.

GRAY'HOUND, n. [Sax. grighund.]

See Greyhound.