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grey

— adjective (= gray, greyish, grayish) of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black the little grey cells gray flannel suit a man with greyish hair — adjective (= gray) used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms) a stalwart grey figure — adjective (= gray, hoar, hoary) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair whose beard with age is hoar — Coleridge nodded his hoary head — adjective (= gray) intermediate in character or position a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal — verb (= gray) turn grey Her hair began to grey — verb (= gray) make grey The painter decided to grey the sky — noun (= gray) any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey the Confederate army was a vast grey — noun (= gray) horse of a light gray or whitish color — noun (= gray) clothing that is a grey color he was dressed in grey — noun (= gray) a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

Grey

— noun Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845) — noun Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554) — noun United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)

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crested

— adjective bearing an heraldic device — adjective (= tufted) (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination golden crested crested iris crested oriole tufted duck tufted loosestrife — adjective (= plumed) (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume

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finch

— noun any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

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