and America; as the European species the American striped mullet and the white or silver mullet (M.
Braziliensis). See Mullet. — Gray owl (Zoöl.), the European tawny or brown owl The great gray owl
(Ulula cinerea) inhabits arctic America. — Gray parrot (Zoöl.), a parrot very commonly domesticated,
and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. — Gray pike. (Zoöl.) See Sauger. — Gray snapper
(Zoöl.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper. — Gray snipe (Zoöl.), the dowitcher in winter
plumage. — Gray whale (Zoöl.), a rather large and swift California whale formerly taken in large numbers
in the bays; — called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead.
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. Grayback
(Gray"back`) n. (Zoöl.) (a) The California gray whale. (b) The redbreasted sandpiper or
knot. (c) The dowitcher. (d) The body louse.
Graybeard
(Gray"beard`) n. An old man. Shak.
Grayfly
(Gray"fly`) n. (Zoöl.) The trumpet fly. Milton.
Grayhound
(Gray"hound`) n. (Zoöl.) See Greyhound.
Grayish
(Gray"ish), a. Somewhat gray.
Graylag
(Gray"lag`) n. (Zoöl.) The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the
wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose.
Grayling
(Gray"ling) n. [From Gray, a.]
1. (Zoöl.) A European fish allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; — called also umber. It
inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish.
And here and there a lusty trout,
And here and there a grayling.
Tennyson. 2. (Zoöl.) An American fish of the genus Thymallus, having similar habits to the above; one species
inhabits several streams in Michigan; another is found in the Yellowstone region.
Grayness
(Gray"ness), n. The quality of being gray.
Graystone
(Gray"stone`) n. (Geol.) A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar and
augite, and allied to basalt.
Graywacke
(Gray"wacke`) n. [G. grauwacke; grau gray + wacke wacke. See Gray, and Wacke, and
cf. Grauwacke.] (Geol.) A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles and sand firmly
united together.
This term, derived from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to different
grits and slates of the Silurian series; but it is now seldom used.
Graze
(Graze) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grazed (grazd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.] [OE. grasen, AS. grasian,
fr. græs grass. See Grass.]
