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. grāvan stone. ] 1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Graveled r Gravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand. [ 1913 Webster ]
When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled the ship. Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version). [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
When you were graveled for lack of matter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot. [ 1913 Webster ]
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