gravel \grav"el\, v. t. imp.  p. p. graveledor gravelled;
   p. pr.  vb. n. graveling or gravelling.
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   1. to cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
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   2. to run as a ship upon the gravel or beach; to run
      aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
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            when we were fallen into a place between two seas,
            they graveled the ship.               --acts xxvii.
                                                  41 rhemish
                                                  version.
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            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.
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   3. to check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. colloq.
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            when you were graveled for lack of matter. --shak.
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            the physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
            that he had not a word more to say.   --sir t.
                                                  north.
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   4. to hurt or lame a horse by gravel lodged between the
      shoe and foot.
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see also:
graveled gravelled graveling gravelling 

graveling \grav"eling\, or gravelling \grav"elling\, n.
   1. the act of covering with gravel.
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   2. a layer or coating of gravel on a path, etc.. graveling

graveling \grav"eling\, or gravelling \grav"elling\, n.
   zool.
   a salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.
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