English Dictionary: gray | by the DICT Development Group |
5 results for gray | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel. gr[amac]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[94]l.), the chickara. {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite. {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite. {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon. {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}. {Gray hen} (Zo[94]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[94]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[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits arctic America. {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}. {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See {Snapper}. {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. {Gray whale} (Zo[94]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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gray \Gray\, n. 1. A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint. 2. An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon. Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day. That coats thy life, my gallant gray. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gray, GA (city, FIPS 34512) Location: 33.00739 N, 83.53575 W Population (1990): 2189 (799 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31032 Gray, IA (city, FIPS 32565) Location: 41.84132 N, 94.98416 W Population (1990): 83 (45 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50110 Gray, KY Zip code(s): 40734 Gray, LA (CDP, FIPS 31180) Location: 29.67689 N, 90.78160 W Population (1990): 4260 (1496 housing units) Area: 30.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70359 Gray, ME Zip code(s): 04039 Gray, TN (CDP, FIPS 30700) Location: 36.41117 N, 82.47974 W Population (1990): 1071 (444 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37615 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Gray A {parser generator} written in {Forth} by Martin Anton Ertl {extended BNF} and produces executable Forth code for {recursive descent parser}s. There is no special support for error handling. Version 3 runs under {Tile Forth} Release 2 by Mikael Patel. (1992-05-22) |