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Gravies

Gravy \Gra"vy\, n.; pl. Gravies. [OE. greavie; prob. fr. greaves, graves, the sediment of melted tallow. See Greaves.]

  1. The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.

  2. Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.

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gravies

n. (plural of gravy English)

Usage examples of "gravies".

They've got the measure of these gravies now, where they build their strong-boxes.

Turtle, salmon, tautog, woodcock, boiled turkey, South-Down mutton, pig, roast beef, have vanished, or exist only in fragments, with lukewarm potatoes, and gravies crusted over with cold fat.