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| grave [ grayv ] (past and past participle graved, present participle grav·ing, 3rd person present singular graves) |
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clean bottom of ship: to clean the bottom of a wooden ship and coat it with pitch
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| [15th century. Probably < French dialect grave "sand, shore" < Old French (see gravel), because the work was done while the ship was hauled up on a beach] |
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