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–noun (used with a singular or plural verb

)

crackling (def. 3).

[Origin: 1605–15; < LG greven; c. OHG griubo, G Grieben

]

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n. Leg armor worn below the knee. Often used in the plural.

[Sing. of Middle English greves, from Old French, shins.]

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pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The unmelted residue left after animal fat has been rendered.

[From Low German greven.]

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greaves

c.1300, from O.Fr. greve "shin" (12c.), of uncertain origin.

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greaves
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the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered

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Greaves

Gra"vy\, n.; pl. Gravies. [OE. greavie; prob. fr. greaves, graves, the sediment of melted tallow. See Greaves.]

1. The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.

2. Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.

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Greaves

only in 1 Sam. 17:6, a piece of defensive armour (q.v.) reaching from the foot to the knee; from French greve, "the shin." They were the Roman cothurni.

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