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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gravelling
     see gravel
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gravel 

gravel
     adj : 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, especially 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,
          chafe, devil
     2: cover with gravel; "we gravelled the driveway"
     3: be a mystery or bewildering to; "this beats me"; "got me--i
        don't know the answer"; "a vexing problem"; "this
        question really stuck me" syn: perplex, vex, stick,
         get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
         flummox, stupefy, nonplus, amaze, dumbfound
     also: gravelling, gravelled
see also:
grating gravelly rasping raspy rough crushed rock 
annoy rag get to bother get at 
irritate rile nark nettle vex 
chafe devil perplex stick get 
puzzle mystify baffle beat pose 
bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus amaze 
dumbfound gravelling gravelled