gravel pit

A pit or excavation out of which gravel is dug. "He saw Mr. Such-a-one go this morning at nine o'clock toward the gravel - pits ."- Steele : Spectator , No. 138. gravel-root, s. Bot.: Eupatorium purpureum. gravel-stone, s. Chem., .: One of the minute concretions whose presence in the urine constitutes the disease called Gravel (q. v.). grăv-el, v. t. [GRAVEL, 8.] I. Literally: 1. To cover with gravel; to lay gravel on. "The lounger seldom strays Beyond the smooth and graveled maze." Scott: Bridal of Trier main, II. ii. 28. *2. To run a ship onto the sand or beach. *3. To cause to stick in the sand or gravel. "William the Conqueror, when he invaded this island, chanced at his arrival to be gravelled ; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground." -Camden : Remains. 4. To hurt the foot of, as a horse by sand or gravel] lodged under the shoe. *II. Fig .: To perplex utterly, to confound, to worry and distre . [GRAVEL, 8. II. 2.] "The physician was so gravelled and amazed with all, that he had not a word more to say."- North : Plutarch, p. 764.