\Grav"el\, n. [OF. gravele, akin to F. gr?ve a sandy
shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. grouan gravel, W.
gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and Skr. gr[=a]van stone.]
1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles,
   often intermixed with particles of sand.
2. (Med.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the
   kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease
   of which they are a symptom.
{Gravel powder}, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.

\Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graveled}or {Gravelled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Graveling} or {Gravelling}.]
1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run
   aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
         When we were fallen into a place between two seas,
         they graveled the ship.               --Acts xxvii.
                                               41 (Rhemish
                                               version).
         Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to
         be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in
         the sand that he fell to the ground.  --Camden.
3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]
         When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak.
         The physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
         that he had not a word more to say.   --Sir T.
                                               North.
4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the
   shoe and foot.