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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GREAVES, n. plu. greevz. Armor for the legs; a sort of boots.
l Sam.17.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered [syn: greaves, crackling]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Greaves Greaves (gr[=e]vz), n. pl. [Cf. dial. Sw. grevar greaves, LG. greven, G. griebe, also AS. greofa pot. Cf. Gravy.] The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings. [Written also graves.]

Easton's Bible Dictionary

only in 1 Sam. 17:6, a piece of defensive armour (q.v.) reaching from the foot to the knee; from French greve, "the shin." They were the Roman cothurni.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

grevz.

See ARMOR, ARMS, IV, 4.