Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grey"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Grey \Grey\, a.
See {Gray} (the correct orthography).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE.
gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG.
gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.]
[Written also {grey}.]
1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt,
or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark
mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.

These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I.
Newton.

2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.

3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.

{Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite.

{Gray buck} (Zo["o]l.), the chickara.

{Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite.

{Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite.

{Gray duck} (Zo["o]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the
female mallard.

{Gray falcon} (Zo["o]l.) the peregrine falcon.

{Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}.

{Gray hen} (Zo["o]l.), the female of the blackcock or black
grouse. See {Heath grouse}.

{Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the
genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell.

{Gray mullet} (Zo["o]l.) any one of the numerous species of
the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in
the Old World and America; as the European species ({M.
capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet
({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M.
Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}.

{Gray owl} (Zo["o]l.), the European tawny or brown owl
({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea})
inhabits arctic America.

{Gray parrot} (Zo["o]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}),
very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in
learning to talk.

{Gray pike}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sauger}.

{Gray snapper} (Zo["o]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer.
See {Snapper}.

{Gray snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.

{Gray whale} (Zo["o]l.), a rather large and swift California
whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large
numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback},
{devilfish}, and {hardhead}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

grey
adj 1: an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of
black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just
turning gray" [syn: {gray}, {grayish}, {greyish}]
2: showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn: {gray}, {gray-haired}, {grey-haired},
{gray-headed}, {grey-headed}, {hoar}, {hoary}, {white-haired}]
3: used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who
wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure" [syn: {gray}]
4: intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between
clearly legal and strictly illegal" [syn: {gray}]
5: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray
rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and
thick" [syn: {dull}, {gray}, {leaden}]
n 1: United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
[syn: {Grey}, {Zane Grey}]
2: Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly
replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason
(1537-1554) [syn: {Grey}, {Lady Jane Grey}]
3: Englishman who as Prime minister implemented social reforms
including the abolition of slavery throughout the British
Empire (1764-1845) [syn: {Grey}, {Charles Grey}, {Second
Earl Grey}]
4: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray;
"the Confederate army was a vast gray" [syn: {gray}]
5: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
[syn: {gray}, {grayness}, {greyness}]
6: gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray" [syn: {gray}]
v 1: make gray [syn: {gray}]
2: turn gray; "Her hair began to gray" [syn: {gray}]


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