Easton's Bible Dictionary Only in 1 Samuel 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. Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.
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