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Greave
Greave
,Noun.
A grove.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Greave
,Noun.
[OF.
grees
; cf. Sp. grevas
.] Armor for the leg below the knee; – usually in the plural.
Greave
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Greaved
(grēvd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Greaving
.] [From
(Greaves
.] Naut.
) To clean (a ship’s bottom); to grave.