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(), a.[Compar.Grayer (); superl.Grayest.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. grg, grg; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gro, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr, Icel. grr.] [Written also grey.] 1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. Sir I. Newton. 2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. 3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite. Gray buck (Zol.), the chickara. Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite. Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite. Gray duck (Zol.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. Gray falcon (Zol.) the peregrine falcon. Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar. Gray hen (Zol.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse. Gray mill or millet (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gro Gray n. 1. A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint. 2. An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon. Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day. That coats thy life, my gallant gray. Sir W. Scott. スポンサード リンク
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