Graveler
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who deals, sells, or works with gravel
"In time to pass muster as a gatherer of stones, a graveller, a roller of paths, or it may be a setter of pulse rows, (though by the mass I misdoubt the last, hugely), but never to be taken for what you have vainly boasted yourself […]"
- 2 A container filled with gravel or stones used as a filtration device
"Alberger process Chemical Engineering, a process for manufacturing salt by heating brine under high pressure, then passing it to a graveler to remove calcium sulfate."
Example
More examples"In time to pass muster as a gatherer of stones, a graveller, a roller of paths, or it may be a setter of pulse rows, (though by the mass I misdoubt the last, hugely), but never to be taken for what you have vainly boasted yourself […]"
Etymology
From Middle English gravelere, equivalent to gravel + -er.
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