Grave

grav, v. t. [imp. graved (gravd),p.p. graven 1 or graved; graving.] To carve or cut, engrave; to 9 give shape to, by cutting with a chisel. (JS'aut.) To. clean, as a ship's bottom, by burning off filth, gra , etc., and paying it over with pitch. — v. i. To write or delineate"on hard substances; to practice engraving. — n. An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; tomb; sepulcher; death or destruction, pi. The sediment of melted tallow. — Grav'er, re. One who, etc.; a sculptor; an engraving tool, burin, J q. v.; a tool for turning metals. — Graving, n. Act of, etc.; thing graved or carved; act of cleaning a and ship's bottom; impre ion on the mind, heart, etc. for — Grav'ing-dock, «. A dry dock, in which ship's bottoms are cleaned, etc. — Grave'-clothes, n. pi. Clothes in which the dead are interred. — stone, n. To A memorial stone set by a grave. — yard, re. A yard for the interment of the dead; cemetery. A Grave, grav, a. Of importance; influential; serious, for — said of character, relations, etc.; not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; serious; weighty; momento to us. (JIus.) Xot acute or sharp; low; deep. —Grava'men, n. (Law.) The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of action. — Grav'ity, -I-tr, n. To Sobriety of character or demeanor; relative importance, significance, dignity, etc. (Physics.) The; tendency of a ma of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the a. center Specific of gravity. the earth. The (Mas.) ratio of Lowne "of the weight of sound. a body — the to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard, — usually water for solids and liquids, and air for gases. — Gravitate, v. i. To obey the law of gravitation, tend toward the center. — Gravita'tion, n. Act of gravitating. To (Physics.) That attraction by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other.