noun. A cup or plate that, according to medieval legend, was used by Jesus at the Last Supper and later became the object of many chivalric quests.

noun. The object of a prolonged endeavor.

noun. A single-cut file with one curved and one straight face, used by comb-makers.

In comb-making, to treat with a single-cut file or grail.

noun. Same as gradual, 2.

noun. In medieval legend, a cup or chalice, called more particularly the holy grail or sangreal, supposed to have been of emerald, used by Christ at the last supper, and in which Joseph of Arimathea caught the last drops of Christ's blood as he was taken from the cross.

noun. Fine particles: in the quotation apparently referring to the fine beads or air-bubbles of mantling liquor.

noun. Fine gravel; sand.

noun. One of the smaller feathers of a hawk.

noun. A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

noun. A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail.

noun. Small particles of earth; gravel.

noun. One of the small feathers of a hawk.

noun. The Holy Grail.

noun. A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

noun. One of the small feathers of a hawk.

noun. Small particles of earth; gravel.

noun. (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper

noun. the object of any prolonged endeavor

"Once it turns out that the "grail" is actually Mary"

aim  chalice  goblet  object  objective  

Holy Grail  

Bayle  Braille  Dail  Dale  Gael  

'qt  Angstrom  battleship  deaconess  deliverers  

chalice  gradual  gravel  platter  sangrail