Graveler

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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