Crossword-Solution: GREAVES
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Greaves | n. pl. | The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “GREAVES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| R.B. who recorded 1969's "Take a Letter Maria" | 1 answer |
| residue left after the rendering of tallow | 1 answer |
| Shin armor | 2 answers |
| Fish bait | 27 answers |
| armour | 45 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GREAVES (5)
There was a steel head-piece, a cuirass, a gorget and greaves, with a pair of gauntlets and a sword hanging beneath; all, and especially the helmet and breastplate, so highly burnished as to glow with white radiance, and scatter an illumination everywhere about upon the floor.
Then she unclasped his greaves, and unbuckled his spurs; and once more she sprang into his arms, and laid her head where she could now feel the beating of his heart.
First they fastened on greaves and covered their shins with green bean-pods broken into two parts which they had gnawed out, standing over them all night.
CHAPTER LXXXIII Wild Scenery—Awful Chasm—John Greaves—Durham County—Queen Philippa—The Two Aldens—Welsh Wife—The Noblest Business—The Welsh and the Salve—The Lad John.
First she laid Beneath her silver-gleaming knees the greaves Fashioned of gold, close-clipping the strong limbs.
Quotes with GREAVES (1)
Whatever. There is a natural order to things, a hierarchy. And no less so in man. For man may be the master of nature, but he is also part of it. Every living thing, from the greatest of all men to the lowliest earthworm has its place. It is very important that the groundhog not think he is tiger, nor a sparrow believe he is a hawk. A frog would not make a very good shark, would it? One must know their place in the world" ~ Baroness von Berge, Greta Greaves of Austria
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2013–2024).