GRAVE (burial)
ADJECTIVES
• BUSTAL relating to burial or to the grave; funereal … 1727 obs. rare
NOUNS
• BARROW † a mound of earth or stones erected in early times over a grave; a grave-mound, a burial mound; a tumulus …c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BED the grave; usually used with some qualification, as ‘narrow bed’ …a1300
• BED OF DUST the grave …1747
• BED OF HONOUR the grave of a soldier who has died on the field of battle …1663
• BURIAL a burying place, grave, or tomb … a1325 obs.
• BURINESS a burial-place; a grave, a tomb … 1175 obs.
• BURY HOLE a grave …1940 Amer. dial.
• CAVE • KEEVE a grave, a vault; an ancient burial place … 1836 Eng. dial.
• DAD AND DAVE a grave …1971 Aust. rhyming sl.
• DAISY a grave; death …20C Amer. sl.
• DARBY’S DYKE the grave; death …19C sl.
• DAVEY’S LOCKER a watery grave; thus death in general …M18 nautical usage
• DAVID JONESES a watery grave; thus death in general …M18 nautical usage
• DAVY the spirit of the sea; the sailors’ devil; the demon of the sea; hence the bottom of the sea; a watery grave; death in general …1790 nautical sl.
• DAVY JONES the spirit of the sea; the sailors’ devil; the demon of the sea; hence the bottom of the sea; a watery grave; death in general …1751 nautical sl.
• DAVY JONES’S CHEST-LID a watery grave; thus death in general …18C nautical usage
• DAVY JONES’S DOCK-YARD a watery grave; thus death in general …18C nautical usage
• DAVY JONES’S LOCKER the bottom of the sea, esp. as regarded as the grave of those who perish at sea …1774 nautical usage
• DAVY’S LOCKER the bottom of the sea, esp. as regarded as the grave of those who perish at sea …1802 nautical usage
• DEAD-HOLE a grave …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD-HOUSE a grave …1844 Eng. dial.
• DEEP SIX a grave …20C US colloq.
• DORMITORY a resting-place for the dead; a cemetery, a vault, a grave … 1634 obs.
• EARTH-BATH a grave …1765 sl.
• EARTH-BED the grave …1637
• EARTH-HOUSE the grave …a1856
• FAMILY POUND a family grave …c1870 sl.
• FUNERAL a monument in memory of the dead; a place of burial; a grave … a1547 obs.
• GRASS-BED † a person’s grave …c1275
• GROUND SWEAT burial in a grave; a grave …17C sl.
• HEAD STICK a board set up at the head of a grave …c1938 Amer. dial.
• HEARSE † a bier, a coffin; vaguely, a tomb, grave …1601 obs. or arch.
• HONOUR’S BED the grave of a soldier who has died on the field of battle …1834
• LAIR † the resting place of a corpse; a grave, a tomb …c1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• LAIR-STALL † a grave within a church …1541
• LAIR-STEAD † a grave within a church …1559
• LAIR-STONE † a gravestone …1538
• LAKE † a pit; a den of lions; also, occasionally, a grave …c1320
• LAST ABODE the grave; death …20C US
• LAST HOME the grave; death; a cemetery …20C US euphemism
• LAY-BED † a grave …1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LONG HOME the grave; death …c1725 Amer. dial.
• NARROW HOME the grave …1936 Amer. dial.
• NARROW HOUSE the grave …1810
• PARKING SPACE a grave …1998 UK sl.
• POLYANDRION a place of burial for a number of people; a common grave … c1612 chiefly Ancient Greece usage
• POLYANDRUM a tomb, a grave …1627 obs. rare
• POLYANDRUM a place of burial for a number of people; a common grave … a1661 obs. rare
• SAM AND DAVE a grave …2004 UK rhyming sl.
• SHELTER HOUSE a roofed structure built over a grave …1992 Amer. dial.
• TAPHOPHILIA an abnormal love for funerals, graves, and cemeteries … Bk1991
• UNBLOODY GRAVE that of one who has not died by bloodshed …1829
NOUNS, PERSON
• BEARER one who helps to carry a corpse to the grave, or who holds the pall in a funeral procession …1633
• BEDALL a gravedigger …Bk1876 Sc.
• GHOUL a grave robber …1927 US sl.
• LAIR-HOLDER the owner of a grave …1864 Sc.
• LAIR-NEIGHBOUR one who is buried in an adjacent grave …1824 Sc.
• SACK ‘EM UP MAN a resurrectionist or grave-robber …1830 sl.
VERBS
• PUT THE DAISY-QUILT OVER SOME ONE to bury, to put into a grave …1848 Ireland
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