Greave vs Greate - What's the difference?
greave | greate |
A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin.
* (English Citations of "greave")
(nautical) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
* {{quote-book, year=1545, author=Desiderius Erasmus, title=A Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure, chapter=, edition=
, passage=He setteth the high and principall felicitie of man in pleasure, and thiketh that lyfe most pure and godly, whiche may haue greate delectatio and pleasure, and lytle pensiuenes. }}
* {{quote-book, year=c. 1595, author=Thomas Nash, title=The Choise of Valentines, chapter=, edition=
, passage=132 Perhaps the sillie worme is labour'd sore, And wearied that it can doe noe more; If it be so, as I am greate a-dread, I wish tenne thousand times that I were dead. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1630, author=William Pemble, title=A Briefe Introduction to Geography, chapter=, edition=
, passage=No more then if you should lay a fly vpon a smooth Cartwheele, or a pinnes head vpon a greate globe. }}
As a noun greave
is (obsolete) a bush; a tree; a grove or greave can be (obsolete) a ditch or trench or greave can be a piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin.As a verb greave
is (nautical|transitive) to clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.As an adjective greate is
.greave
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) greve, from (etyl) . See (l).Etymology 2
From (etyl) greve, greyve, from (etyl) .Etymology 3
From (etyl) greve, grayve, from (etyl) , of unknown origin.Alternative forms
* greeveNoun
(en noun)Etymology 4
From greaves, animal fat.Verb
(greav)Anagrams
*greate
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