Grav"el (?), n. [OF. gravele,
akin to F. gr?ve a sandy shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf.
Armor. grouan gravel, W. gro coarse gravel, pebbles,
and Skr. grāvan stone.] 1. Small
stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed
with particles of sand.
2. (Med.) A deposit of small calculous
concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the
disease of which they are a symptom.
Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble
powder.
Grav"el, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Graveled (?) or Gravelled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]
1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a
walk.
2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or
beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or
sand.
When we were fallen into a place between two seas,
they graveled the ship.
Acts xxvii. 41
(Rhemish version).
Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to
be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand
that he fell to the ground.
Camden.
3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to
perplex. [Colloq.]
When you were graveled for lack of
matter.
Shak.
The physician was so graveled and amazed
withal, that he had not a word more to say.
Sir T.
North.
4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged
between the shoe and foot.