GREAVING

Verb

greaving

present 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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5 April 2025

SET

(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”


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