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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gray \gray\ gr=a, a. compar. grayer; superl. grayest.
   oe. gray, grey, as. gr=aeg, gr=eg; akin to d. graauw,
   ohg. gr=ao, g. grau, dan. graa, sw. gra, icel. gr=ar.
   written also grey.
   1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white
      mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of
      ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed
      color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
      1913 webster

            these gray and dun colors may be also produced by
            mixing whites and blacks.             --sir i.
                                                  newton.
      1913 webster

   2. gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
      1913 webster

   3. old; mature; as, gray experience. -- ames.
      1913 webster

   4. gloomy; dismal.
      pjc

   gray antimony min., stibnite.

   gray buck zool., the chickara.

   gray cobalt min., smaltite.

   gray copper min., tetrahedrite.

   gray duck zool., the gadwall; also applied to the female
      mallard.

   gray falcon zool. the peregrine falcon.

   gray friar. see franciscan, and friar.

   gray hen zool., the female of the blackcock or black
      grouse. see heath grouse.

   gray mill or gray millet bot., a name of several plants
      of the genus lithospermum; gromwell.

   gray mullet zool. any one of the numerous species of the
      genus mugil, or family mugilidae, found both in the
      old world and america; as the european species
      mugilidae capito, and mugilidae auratus, the
      american striped mullet mugilidae albula, and the
      white or silver mullet mugilidae braziliensis. see
      mullet.

   gray owl zool., the european tawny or brown owl syrnium
      aluco. the great gray owl ulula cinerea inhabits
      arctic america.

   gray parrot zool., an african parrot psittacus
      erithacus, very commonly domesticated, and noted for its
      aptness in learning to talk. also called jako.

   gray pike. zool. see sauger.

   gray snapper zool., a florida fish; the sea lawyer. see
      snapper.

   gray snipe zool., the dowitcher in winter plumage.

   gray whale zool., a rather large and swift whale of the
      northern pacific eschrichtius robustus, formerly
      rhachianectes glaucus, having short jaws and no dorsal
      fin. it grows to a length of 50 feet someimes 60 feet.
      it was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of
      california, and is now rare; -- called also grayback,
      devilfish, and hardhead. it lives up to 50 or 60 years
      and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
      1913 webster
see also:
grayer grayest grey gray antimony gray buck gray cobalt 
gray copper gray duck gray falcon gray friar franciscan 
friar gray hen heath grouse gray mill gray millet 
lithospermum gray mullet mugil mugilidae mugilidae capito 
mugilidae auratus mugilidae albula mugilidae braziliensis mullet gray owl 
syrnium aluco ulula cinerea gray parrot psittacus erithacus jako 
gray pike sauger gray snapper snapper gray snipe 
gray whale eschrichtius robustus rhachianectes glaucus grayback devilfish 
hardhead 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
grey \grey\, a.
   see gray the correct orthography.
   1913 webster
see also:
gray 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
grey
     adj 1: an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of
            black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just
            turning gray" syn: gray, grayish, greyish
     2: showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or
        white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-coleridge;
        "nodded his hoary head" syn: gray, gray-haired, grey-haired,
         gray-headed, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary,
         white-haired
     3: used to signify the confederate forces in the civil war who
        wore gray uniforms; "a stalwart gray figure" syn: gray
     4: intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between
        clearly legal and strictly illegal" syn: gray
     5: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray
        rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and
        thick" syn: dull, gray, leaden
     n 1: united states writer of western adventure novels 1875-1939
          syn: zane grey
     2: queen of england for nine days in 1553; she was quickly
        replaced by mary tudor and beheaded for treason
        1537-1554 syn: lady jane grey
     3: englishman who as prime minister implemented social reforms
        including the abolition of slavery throughout the british
        empire 1764-1845 syn: charles grey, second earl grey
     4: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray;
        "the confederate army was a vast gray" syn: gray
     5: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
        syn: gray, grayness, greyness
     6: gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray" syn: gray
     v 1: make gray; "the painter decided to grey the sky" syn: gray
     2: turn gray; "her hair began to gray" syn: gray
see also:
gray grayish greyish gray-haired grey-haired gray-headed 
grey-headed grizzly hoar hoary white-haired 
dull leaden zane grey lady jane grey charles grey 
second earl grey grayness greyness 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
203 moby thesaurus words for "grey":
   quaker-colored, achromatic, achromic, acier, advanced,
   advanced in life, advanced in years, aged, along in years, ancient,
   anemic, ashen, ashy, bay, bayard, black, bleak, bled white,
   bloodless, boring, buckskin, cadaverous, calico pony, canescence,
   canescent, cheerless, chestnut, chloranemic, cinereous, cinerous,
   cloudy, colorless, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray,
   dark, dead, deadly pale, deathly pale, depressing, dim, dimmed,
   dingy, discolored, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, drab, drabness,
   drear, drearisome, dreary, dull, dullness, dun, dusty, elderly,
   etiolated, experienced, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous,
   faded, faint, fallow, flat, foggy, funebrial, funereal, ghastly,
   glaucescence, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucousness, gloomy, glum,
   grave, gray, gray with age, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored,
   gray-drab, gray-green, gray-haired, gray-headed, gray-spotted,
   gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish, grayishness, grayness,
   grim, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, grown old, haggard,
   hoar, hoary, hueless, humdrum, hypochromic, iron-gray, lackluster,
   lead-gray, leaden, leadenness, livid, lividity, lividness, lurid,
   lusterless, mat, mature, mealy, misty, monotonous, mouse-colored,
   mouse-gray, mousiness, mousy, muddy, murky, neutral, neutral tint,
   old, old as methuselah, overcast, paint, painted pony, pale,
   pale as death, pale-faced, pallid, pasty, patriarchal, pearl,
   pearl-gray, pearly, piebald, pinto, repetitive, roan, sad, sallow,
   same, samely, saturnine, senectuous, sickly, silver, silver-gray,
   silvered, silveriness, silvery, skewbald, slate-colored, slatiness,
   slaty, smoke-gray, smokiness, smoky, sober, soberness, solemn,
   somber, somberness, sombrous, sooty, sorrel, steel-gray, steely,
   stone-colored, sunless, tallow-faced, taupe, tedious, toneless,
   triste, uncolored, unrelieved, venerable, wan, washed-out, waxen,
   weak, weariful, wearisome, weary, whey-faced, white,
   white with age, white-bearded, white-crowned, white-haired, wise,
   wrinkled, wrinkly, years old





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