gravelledadj.
/ˈɡravəld/ 1. Covered or laid with gravel; †consisting of gravel.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > gravelled
gravelled1400
1400–1507 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 90 The Procession church yard with its gravelled causey.
1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1608) ii. lvi. 141 The Radish in no wise agreeth to be sowen either in a sandy or grauelled ground.
1597 R. Tofte Laura iii. xxxix. sig. E5v And venter for to sayle in th' Ocean strong, Though now on graueld shore it fearfull staies.
1712 Order 1 July in London Gaz. No. 5028/1 The South side of the Gravelled Coach Road.
1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. Interlude ii. 104 And grant the lounger seldom strays Beyond the smooth and gravelled maze.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lviii. 272 He was taken handcuffed across the gravelled area.
1888 E. J. Goodman Too Curious iv A gravelled path led from the outer gate.
2. In various transferred and figurative senses. † b. Of a ship: Beached, stranded. † c. Of a horse: (see gravel v. 5). † d. gravelled ashes n. (see quot. 1706: = French cendre gravelée).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun] > potash
gravelled ashes1579
salt of wormwood1617
salt of tartar1646
pearl ash1703
kali1799
pearls1809
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > ashes or cinders > specific ashes
soap-ashes?1520
gravelled ashes1579
bone ash1594
cupel-dusta1626
polverine1662
peat ash1669
kelp1679
clar1683
cupel-ashes1683
wood-ash1748
bone earth1770
kelp-ashes1834
white ash1837
weed ash1841
fly ash1931
1579 J. Field tr. J. Calvin Serm. Ded. Receiuing nothing but that which standeth to the lyking of their humors & graueled consciences.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aggravé,..also, grauelled, or, as a ship, fast on the ground.
1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 90/1 The Pricke in the sole, the Loose in Hoofe, the Graueld, the Foundring, and the Shedding of the haire.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A Gravelled horse, een verstijft paerdt.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Gravelled Ashes, (among Chymists) the Lees of Wine dry'd and burnt to Ashes.
1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum 44 Fill a kettle or stew-pan half full of water, into which put..a penny-worth or two of Gravelled-Ashes.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xii. 262 He never did know such a move,..he never had been so gravelled.
1967 Listener 7 Dec. 763/2 Sir Francis Chichester, temporarily gravelled for an admired man of the past, appealed to the studio audience for names.
e. Of a voice: cf. gravel voice n. at gravel n. Compounds 2.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > hoarse or husky
hoarsec1000
stoppedc1485
hoarsy1570
croaking1608
throaty1647
furred1666
rouped1677
gruffa1712
cracked1739
roupy1756
hoarsened1798
gruffish1812
gin and fog1842
grasshoppery1849
croaky1851
feathery1881
tonsilly1894
wine-tasting1936
gravelly1944
gravelled1958
1958 Listener 26 June 1071/2 A gravelled voice with superb powers of timing.
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