Vocabulary : Gravity to Grayling

Gravity : The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead. ;; Sobriety of character or demeanor. ;; Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense. ;; The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation. ;; Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.
Gravy : The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up. ;; Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.
Gray : 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. ;; Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. ;; Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. ;; A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint. ;; An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon.
Grayback : The California gray whale. ;; The redbreasted sandpiper or knot. ;; The dowitcher. ;; The body louse.
Graybeard : An old man.
Grayfly : The trumpet fly.
Grayhound : See Greyhound.
Grayish : Somewhat gray.
Graylag : The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose.
Grayling : A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish. ;; An American fish of the genus Thymallus, having similar habits to the above; one species (T. Ontariensis), inhabits several streams in Michigan; another (T. montanus), is found in the Yellowstone region.
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