gravellyadj.

/ˈɡravəli/

Etymology: gravel n. + -y suffix¹.

1. †(a) Abounding in sand; sandy. Obsolete. (b) Full of or abounding in gravel; consisting of or containing gravel; strewn with gravel. Also, resembling gravel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [adjective] > sand

sandyc1000

gravellya1382

sandiferousa1586

sabulous1632

arenous1664

sandish1664

arenose1731

arenaceous1752

arenarious1759

sandyish1793

sabuline1909

sabulose1909

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [adjective] > gravel shingle > gravel

gravellya1382

gravelousc1420

gravelish1530

channelly1623

shravy1793

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxv. 27 As a graueli steeȝing vp [L. sicut ascensus arenosus].

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxxx. 1074 In grauely lond and to lene þe vyne ouerdruyeþ and fayleþ.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xiii. 150 The See that men clepen the gravely See.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. iii. 8 The wilde groweth..in barren soyle and grauelly grounde.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iv. viii. 186 He must vse fishes of grauellie waters.

1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall iii. sig. B2 Sown in corruption dishonour, and weaknes, in the grauely fielde of the graue.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ecclus. xxv. 27 As the goeing up a gravelie [1611 sandy] way.

1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 94 Filled with a kind of gravelly earth.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iii. ii. 67 The Sand was at last so gravelly, that it hindered our boring any deeper.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 58 Gravelly marle.

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iii. 105 A Roman cinereal urn of a gravelly brown earth.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. xvi. 298 Captain Smyth sounded to the extraordinary depth of nine hundred and fifty fathoms! where he found a gravelly bottom, with fragments of broken shells.

1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North II. 296 The large trouts came to the gravelly shallows.

1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xi. 159 Yellowish gravelly sand.

2. Pathology. Of the nature of gravel (see gravel n. 4); characterized by, or arising from, the presence of gravel. (Cf. gravelish adj.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > urinary disorders > [adjective] > calculus or sediment

furfurous1547

calculating1607

gravelly1607

gravelish1757

lithic1797

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 692 They make an implaister of Bacon to scatter grauelly matter in the bladder.

1744 Dr. Banyer in Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 633 The Treatment of a gravelly Case.

1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 20 He had been perfectly free from any gravelly symptoms till within a few weeks.

1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon xvi. 420 Consumptive and gravelly cases were more frequently heard of in different parts of this district.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 162 Seldom or almost never do gravelly paroxysms coincide with the arthritic paroxysms.

†3. Containing gritty particles. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > gritty

gritty1613

gravellya1634

chiselly1652

tartareous1669

a1634 J. Day Parl. Bees (Lansd. 725) f. 12^v An Allmes that by a niggards hand is servd is molde & gravilie bred.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) Gravelly, a Term used concerning certain Pears, which..have a kind of small Stones or Gravel in them, especially towards the Core; thus they say the great Musk is too gravelly.

4. Financial slang. (Cf. gravel n. 7.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adjective] > feeling or state of market

sensitive1813

bearish1827

light1827

quiet1833

easy1836

soft1849

weak1856

steady1857

buoyant1868

sick1870

swimming1870

featureless1879

bullish1882

firm1887

gravelly1887

technical1889

pippy1892

manipulated1903

thin1931

volatile1931

trendless1939

nervous1955

toppy1961

over-bullish1970

toppish1983

1887 G. D. Atkin House Scraps 15 Stock Exchange Idioms:—Getting gravelly here.

5. transferred. Of a voice (cf. gravel voice n.).

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > hoarse or husky

hoarsec1000

stoppedc1485

hoarsy1570

croaking1608

throaty1647

furred1666

rouped1677

gruffa1712

cracked1739

roupy1756

hoarsened1798

gruffish1812

gin and fog1842

grasshoppery1849

croaky1851

feathery1881

tonsilly1894

wine-tasting1936

gravelly1944

gravelled1958

1944 Harper's Mag. June 38/1 The tired, imperturbable man aboard the carrier flagship called his orders over the gravelly-voiced TBS (talk between ships).

1958 Listener 7 Aug. 203/1 Sunderland's gravelly voice insinuating that they were all a dead loss.

1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene vii. 135 The gravelly and expressive voice of the great Louis Armstrong.

1971 Daily Tel. 13 Oct. 15/3 William Costello..provided the gravelly voice of Popeye the sailor in film cartoons.

Derivatives

ˈgravelliness n. gravelly quality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > gravelly quality

gravelliness1649

1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver ii. 12 Another cause [of the earth's barrenness] is Rockinesse, Stoninesse, and Gravelliness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	gravelly
释义	gravellyadj. /ˈɡravəli/ Etymology: gravel n. + -y suffix¹. 1. †(a) Abounding in sand; sandy. Obsolete. (b) Full of or abounding in gravel; consisting of or containing gravel; strewn with gravel. Also, resembling gravel. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [adjective] > sand sandyc1000 gravellya1382 sandiferousa1586 sabulous1632 arenous1664 sandish1664 arenose1731 arenaceous1752 arenarious1759 sandyish1793 sabuline1909 sabulose1909 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [adjective] > gravel shingle > gravel gravellya1382 gravelousc1420 gravelish1530 channelly1623 shravy1793 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxv. 27 As a graueli steeȝing vp [L. sicut ascensus arenosus]. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxxx. 1074 In grauely lond and to lene þe vyne ouerdruyeþ and fayleþ. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xiii. 150 The See that men clepen the gravely See. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. iii. 8 The wilde groweth..in barren soyle and grauelly grounde. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iv. viii. 186 He must vse fishes of grauellie waters. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall iii. sig. B2 Sown in corruption dishonour, and weaknes, in the grauely fielde of the graue. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ecclus. xxv. 27 As the goeing up a gravelie [1611 sandy] way. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 94 Filled with a kind of gravelly earth. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iii. ii. 67 The Sand was at last so gravelly, that it hindered our boring any deeper. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 58 Gravelly marle. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iii. 105 A Roman cinereal urn of a gravelly brown earth. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. xvi. 298 Captain Smyth sounded to the extraordinary depth of nine hundred and fifty fathoms! where he found a gravelly bottom, with fragments of broken shells. 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North II. 296 The large trouts came to the gravelly shallows. 1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xi. 159 Yellowish gravelly sand. 2. Pathology. Of the nature of gravel (see gravel n. 4); characterized by, or arising from, the presence of gravel. (Cf. gravelish adj.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > urinary disorders > [adjective] > calculus or sediment furfurous1547 calculating1607 gravelly1607 gravelish1757 lithic1797 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 692 They make an implaister of Bacon to scatter grauelly matter in the bladder. 1744 Dr. Banyer in Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 633 The Treatment of a gravelly Case. 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 20 He had been perfectly free from any gravelly symptoms till within a few weeks. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon xvi. 420 Consumptive and gravelly cases were more frequently heard of in different parts of this district. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 162 Seldom or almost never do gravelly paroxysms coincide with the arthritic paroxysms. †3. Containing gritty particles. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > gritty gritty1613 gravellya1634 chiselly1652 tartareous1669 a1634 J. Day Parl. Bees (Lansd. 725) f. 12^v An Allmes that by a niggards hand is servd is molde & gravilie bred. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) Gravelly, a Term used concerning certain Pears, which..have a kind of small Stones or Gravel in them, especially towards the Core; thus they say the great Musk is too gravelly. 4. Financial slang. (Cf. gravel n. 7.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adjective] > feeling or state of market sensitive1813 bearish1827 light1827 quiet1833 easy1836 soft1849 weak1856 steady1857 buoyant1868 sick1870 swimming1870 featureless1879 bullish1882 firm1887 gravelly1887 technical1889 pippy1892 manipulated1903 thin1931 volatile1931 trendless1939 nervous1955 toppy1961 over-bullish1970 toppish1983 1887 G. D. Atkin House Scraps 15 Stock Exchange Idioms:—Getting gravelly here. 5. transferred. Of a voice (cf. gravel voice n.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > hoarse or husky hoarsec1000 stoppedc1485 hoarsy1570 croaking1608 throaty1647 furred1666 rouped1677 gruffa1712 cracked1739 roupy1756 hoarsened1798 gruffish1812 gin and fog1842 grasshoppery1849 croaky1851 feathery1881 tonsilly1894 wine-tasting1936 gravelly1944 gravelled1958 1944 Harper's Mag. June 38/1 The tired, imperturbable man aboard the carrier flagship called his orders over the gravelly-voiced TBS (talk between ships). 1958 Listener 7 Aug. 203/1 Sunderland's gravelly voice insinuating that they were all a dead loss. 1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene vii. 135 The gravelly and expressive voice of the great Louis Armstrong. 1971 Daily Tel. 13 Oct. 15/3 William Costello..provided the gravelly voice of Popeye the sailor in film cartoons. Derivatives ˈgravelliness n. gravelly quality. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > gravelly quality gravelliness1649 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver ii. 12 Another cause [of the earth's barrenness] is Rockinesse, Stoninesse, and Gravelliness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.a1382
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