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Webster 1913 Edition

Greaves

Greaves

(grēvz)

,

Noun.

pl.

[Cf. dial. Sw.

grevar

greaves, LG.

greven

, G.

griebe

, also AS.

greofa

pot. Cf.

]

The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs’ food. In Scotland it is called

cracklings

.

[Written also

graves

.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Greaves

GREAVES

,

Noun.

plu.

greevz. Armor for the legs; a sort of boots.

l Sam.17.