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Definition of Greyed
1. Adjective. Deprived of color. "Greyed with the dust of the road"
Definition of Greyed
1. Verb. (past of grey) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Greyed
1. grey [v] - See also: grey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greyed
Literary usage of Greyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Photographic News edited by Sir William Crookes, G Wharton Simpson (1859)
"... and over it the second camera ; draw one vertical and central line with a
pencil on the greyed glass of each camera, and bring the image of any small, ..."
2. The Journal and Transactions of the Photographic Society of Great Britain by Photographic Society of Great Britain (1859)
"On this circular metal basis is attached a piece of greyed glass. exactly upright,
and whose greyed surface bisects the aperture or opening in the plate ..."
3. The Practical Book of Interior Decoration by Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Abbot McClure, Edward Stratton Holloway (1919)
"Let us exemplify—as to the first, a whole room done in pastel shades, all equally
greyed, would be uninteresting to the last degree. ..."
4. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1876)
"The angle can then be read off the luminous disk on the greyed surface, by applying
a suitable tangent scale. I have some idea that Mr. Wenham first ..."
5. The American Amateur Photographer (1901)
"... although too high in tone, and the effect on the screen is wonderfully improved
by inserting along with it in the slide a slightly greyed glass. ..."
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