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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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:  any  organization  or  party  whose  uniforms  or  badges  are  gray; 
  "the  Confederate  army  was  a  vast  gray"  [syn:  {gray}] 
  2:  a  neutral  achromatic  color  midway  between  while  and  black 
  [syn:  {gray},  {grayness},  {greyness}] 
  3:  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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