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GREAVED
Etymology 1
Adjective
greaved (not comparable)
Having greaves.
Etymology 2
See greave (verb)
Verb
greaved
simple past tense and past participle of greave
Source: Wiktionary
GREAVE
Greave, n.
Definition: A grove. [Obs.] Spenser.
Greave, n. Etym: [OF. greees; cf. Sp. grevas.]
Definition: Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.
Greave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greaved (grevd); p. pr. & vb. n. Greaving.] Etym: [From Greaves.] (Naut.)
Definition: To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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