See Also: gravel(medicine)
gravel(1)(dictionary)
gravel(2)(dictionary)
gravel(encyclopedia)
gravel(dictionary)
spawning gravel(medicine)
Gravel - Horse Racing(gambling)
Gravel Pit or Trap - Motor Sports(gambling)

hunched (iou) and gravel(1) (iou)


hunched (iou)



hunched adjective. M17.
[from HUNCH noun, verb: see -ED2, -ED1.]
Having a hump, bowed into a hump, hunchbacked; fig. stuck-up, arrogant.

gravel(1) (iou)



gravel noun. ME.
[Old French gravel masc., gravel(l)e fem., dim. of Old French grave gravel, coarse sand: see GRAVE verb2, -EL2.]
Sand. ME-E18.
Coarse sand and small water-worn or pounded stones, sometimes with an intermixture of clay, used for laying paths and roads. ME.
b. A stratum of this; formerly esp. one containing gold. M19.
Medicine. Aggregations of visible calculi in the urinary tract; a disease marked by these. LME.
Comb.: gravel-blind adjective almost completely blind (orig. joc. 'more than sand-blind', with Reference to Shakes. Merch. V.); gravel court a tennis-court with a surface of gravel; gravel culture a hydroponic method of plant cultivation, using beds of gravel supplied with nutrient solutions; gravel-pit an excavation from which gravel is or has been obtained; gravel-rash abrasions caused by a fall on a gravelly or rough surface; gravel voice a deep rough-sounding voice; gravel-voiced adjective having a gravel voice; gravel-walk an alley or path laid with gravel.
gravelish adjective M16.