GRAVEL

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~e, diminutive of grave, greve river bank, stony ground Date: 13th century sand , 2. loose rounded fragments of rock, a stratum or deposit of ~, small calculi in the kidneys and urinary bladder, II. transitive verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or ~ling) Date: 1543 to cover or spread with ~, 2. perplex , confound , irritate , nettle , III. adjective Date: 1939 ~ly 2