GRAVY  , a word usually confined to the natural juices which come from See also:

• MEAT

meat during cooking . In See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early uses (in the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary the quotations date from the end of the 14th to the beginning of the 16th centuries) it meant a See also:

• SAUCE

sauce of broth flavoured with spices and almonds . The more See also:

• MODERN

modern usage seems to date from the end of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The word is obscure in origin . It has been connected with "See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

graves" or " See also:

• GREAVES, JOHN (1602–1652)

greaves," the refuse of See also:

• TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow in the manufacture of See also:

• SOAP

soap or candles . The more probable derivation is from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French . In Old French the word is almost certainly See also:

• GRAM

gram, and is derived from See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, " something used in cooking." The word was early read and spelled with a u or v instead of n, and the corruption was adopted in English .