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Disgaveling
Disgavel Dis*gav"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgaveledor Disgaveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgaveling.] [See Gavelkind.] (Eng. Law) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands. --Burrill.
Graveling
Graveling Grav"el*ing, or Gravelling Grav"el*ling, n. 1. The act of covering with gravel. 2. A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.).
Graveling
Graveling Grav"el*ing, or Gravelling Grav"el*ling, n. (Zo["o]l.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.
Graveling
Gravel Grav"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveledor Gravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.] 1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk. 2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand. When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version). Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground. --Camden. 3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.] When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak. The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T. North. 4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
Javelin
Javelin Jave"lin, v. t. To pierce with a javelin. [R.] --Tennyson.
Javelin
Javelin Jave"lin, n. [F. javeline; akin to Sp. jabalina, It. giavelina, and F. javelot, OF. gavlot. Cf. Gavelock.] A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game. Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, Launched by the vigor of a Roman arm? --Addison.
Javelinier
Javelinier Jave`lin*ier", n. A soldier armed with a javelin. --Holland.
Ravelin
Ravelin Rave"lin, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rebellin, It. revellino, rivellino; perhaps fr. L. re- again + vallum wall.] (Fort.) A detached work with two embankments with make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune and half-moon.
ravelin
Half-moon Half"-moon`, n. 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. 2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. 3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (C[ae]siosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.
Raveling
Ravel Rav"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raveledor Ravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Raveling or Ravelling.] [. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.] 1. To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a sticking.
Raveling
Raveling Rav"el*ing, n. [Also ravelling.] 1. The act of untwisting, or of disentangling. 2. That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.
Shaveling
Shaveling Shave"ling, n. A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt. I am no longer a shaveling than while my frock is on my back. --Sir W. Scott.
Traveling
Travel Trav"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Traveledor Travelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling or Travelling.] [Properly, to labor, and the same word as travail.] 1. To labor; to travail. [Obsoles.] --Hooker. 2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets. 3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health; he is traveling in California. 4. To pass; to go; to move. Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. --Shak.
Traveling crane
Crane Crane (kr[=a]n), n. [AS. cran; akin to D. & LG. craan, G. kranich, krahn (this in sense 2), Gr. ge`ranos, L. grus, W. & Armor. garan, OSlav. zerav[i^], Lith. gerve, Icel. trani, Sw. trana, Dan. trane. [root]24. Cf. Geranium.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck. Note: The common European crane is Grus cinerea. The sand-hill crane (G. Mexicana) and the whooping crane (G. Americana) are large American species. The Balearic or crowned crane is Balearica pavonina. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the herons and cormorants. 2. A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick. 3. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire. 4. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask. 5. (Naut.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2. Crane fly (Zo["o]l.), a dipterous insect with long legs, of the genus Tipula. Derrick crane. See Derrick. Gigantic crane. (Zo["o]l.) See Adjutant, n., 3. Traveling crane, Traveler crane, Traversing crane (Mach.), a crane mounted on wheels; esp., an overhead crane consisting of a crab or other hoisting apparatus traveling on rails or beams fixed overhead, as in a machine shop or foundry. Water crane, a kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with water.

Meaning of Avelin from wikipedia

- Avelin (French pronunciation: [avlɛ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the centre of Lille. The village's...
- party was founded by Alfredo Avelín on 29 October 1960 (64 years ago) (1960-10-29) after he left the Radical Civic Union. Avelín would represent the party...
- Alfredo Avelín (1 May 1927 – 26 January 2012) was an Argentine politician, physician and author. He served as Governor of his province of San Juan and...
- Avelin Mary is a marine biologist and a Roman Catholic nun belonging to the Congregation of the Mother of Sorrows, Servants of Mary. She is a Director...
- Madeleine Caulier (born 1680 in Avelin, died 1712 near Denain) was a French servant, soldier, and heroine of the War of the Spanish Succession, a figure...
- vice-governor of San Juan accompanying the Renewal Crusade party's Alfredo Avelín who won with 55%, heading the list of the Alliance for Work, Justice and...
- Avelin Paul Tacon Jr. (December 4, 1914 – July 4, 2014) was an American Air Force major general. He received his education from Murphy High School and...
- November 2021, an agreement was sealed between the coalition and Alfredo Avelín, president of Cruzada Renovadora, in the province of San Juan during the...
- astronomy and geography. France (?), c. 1750s A. Avelin after Mondon le Fils. L′Heureux moment. 1736 A. Avelin after Mondon le Fils. Chinese God. An engraving...
- Sergei Bondarchuk, Pavlik Boriskin, Zinaida Kirienko, Pavel Volkov, Yuri Avelin, and K. Alekseev, was produced in 1959. Sobranie Sochinenii, 1956–1958 –...