Graulite

( Min.) Same as TECTICITE, q. v. Grauwacke, ( grou'wake,) n. (Geol.) See GRAYWACKE. Grave, a final syllable in the names of certain places, from A. S. gräf, grove. It also denotes a ruler (Ger. graf, count, Du. graaf ), and is chiefly used in composition, as landgrave, margrave, burg grave, . Grave, v . a. [imp. GRAVED; pp . GRAVEN, OF GRAVED.]. [A.S. grafan : Ger. graben : Dan. grave ; Swed. grafwa ; Fr. graver; Sp. grabar ; Gr. grapho , grave: allied to Ar. Lafar .] To carve or cut letters or figures, as on stone or other hard substance, with a chişel or edged tool; to engrave. "Cornice with bo y sculptures graven ."-Milton. -To carve; to form or shape by cutting with a chisel. (Mus.) To render grave, as a tone or note. -[Ger. griebe , pl. grieben , the dregs of melted tallow or fat.] ( Naut .) To cleanse or bream a ship's bottom, and pay it over with hot pitch; for which purpose the dregs of melted tallow or fat were formerly used. -v. n. To carve; to inscribe or delineate on hard substances; to practise the art of engraving. "Thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it." Exod . xxviii. 36.