Definition of Grailes

1. graile [n] - See also: graile

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grailes

grafting scissors
grafting tool
grafting wax
graftings
graftonite
grafts
graham
graham bread
graham cracker
graham flour
grahamite
grahamites
grahams
grail
graile
grailes (current term)
grails
grain
grain alcohol
grain boundary
grain elevator
grain elevators
grain field
grain itch
grain merchant
grain moth
grain of salt
grain refiner
grain refiners
grain sorghum

Literary usage of Grailes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rob Roy by Walter Scott, David Henry Montgomery (1894)
"grailes: ancient collections of prayers and hymns for Roman Catholic worship. Processionals: a Roman Catholic service-book used in religious processions. ..."

2. History of the Church of England: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction by Richard Watson Dixon (1902)
"... "as derogatory to the state of religion publicly received," a collection of old service books which they still retained; missals, grailes, ..."

3. Bibliomania: Or Book-madness; a Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall ( Dibdin (1876)
"... grailes, and psalters,"f towards subjects of a more generally interesting nature. I am willing to admit every degree of merit to the manual dexterity of ..."

4. Bibliomania by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1876)
"... grailes, and psalters,"t towards subjects of a more generally interesting nature. I am willing to admit every degree of merit to the manual dexterity of ..."

5. Bibliomania: Or Book Madness ; a Bibliographical Romance, in Six Parts by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1811)
"... grailes, and psalters,'f towards subjects of a more generally interesting nature. I am willing to admit fearful that this good old ..."

6. Bibliomania: Or Book Madness ; a Bibliographical Romance, in Six Parts by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1811)
"... to examine into the superstitious books belonging to All-Souls library, there was returned, in the list of these superstitious works, < eight grailes, ..."

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