An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 373
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 373
_Gawan and Gol._
Su. G. _gram_, A. S. _grame_, iratus.
GRAMARYE, _s._ Magic.
_Lay Last Minstrel._
Fr. _grammaire_, grammar.
GRAMASHES, _s._
1. Gaiters reaching to the knees.
2. A kind of stockings worn instead of boots, S.
Fr. _gamaches_, id.
_Colvil._
GRAMMAW, _s._ A voracious eater, S. V. ~Gormaw~.
GRANATE, GRANIT, _adj._ Ingrained. ed.
_Palice Honour._
GRANDGORE, _s._ V. ~Glengore~.
GRANDSHER, _s._ Great-grandfather.
_Quon. Att._
GRANGE, _s._
1. The buildings pertaining to a corn farm.
_Douglas._
2. The place where the rents and t.i.thes of religious houses, paid in grain, were delivered and deposited.
_Nimmo._
Fr. _grange_, id.
GRANIT, _part. adj._ Forked. V. ~Grain~.
_Douglas._
GRANK, _s._ The groaning of a wounded hart.
Belg. _geronk_, a snoring.
GRANZEBENE, _s._ The Grampian mountains in S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
_To_ GRAP, GRAPE, _v. a._
1. To grope, S.
A. S. _grap-ian_, id.
_Burns._
2. Metaph. to examine.
_Douglas._
GRAPPLING, A mode of catching salmon, S.
_Statist. Acc._
GRAPUS, _s._ The devil, or a hobgoblin, Ang.
GRASCHOWE-HEIDET, _adj._
Fr. _graisseux_, greasy?
_Dunbar._
_To_ GRATHE, _v. a._ To make ready. V. ~Graithe~.
GRATHING, L. _gruching_.