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Greaved

Greave \Greave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greaved (gr[=e]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Greaving.] [From Greaves.] (Naut.) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

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greaved

vb. (en-past of: greave)

Usage examples of "greaved".

She came out into the torchlight, stumbling with exhaustion, her mouth scarlet from the blood of her bitten and her bare greaved legs and bare sword-blade foul with the deaths of those little horrors that swarmed the cave-mouth.

First he greaved his legs with greaves of good make and fitted with ancle-clasps of silver.

First he greaved his legs with greaves of good make, and fitted with ancle-clasps of silver.