Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (superl.) 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. 2. (superl.) Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. 3. (superl.) Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. 4. (n.) A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint. 5. (n.) An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon.
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