An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 378
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 378
_To_ GRISSILL, _v. a._ To gnash.
_Doug._
GRIST, _s._ Thickness, S.
_Stat. Acc._
GRIST, _s._ Fee paid at a mill for grinding, S.
_Ruddiman._
A. S. _ge-ris-an_, contundere.
GRIT, GRYT, _adj._
1. Great, S. S. B. _grite_.
_Ross._
2. Large, big, S.
_Burel._
3. Thick, gross, S.
_Dunbar._
4. In a state of intimacy, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _grith_, Isl. _grid_, pax.
5. Swelled with rain, S.
_Spalding._
6. The heart is said to be _grit_, when one is ready to cry, S.
_Minst. Bord._
_Grit-hearted_, _adj._ used in the same sense, S.
GRIT, _s._ The grain of stones, S.
_St. Acc._
C. B. id. lapis arenosus.
GRYTH, _s._ Quarter in battle.
_Wallace._
GROATS, _s. pl._ Oats with the husks taken off, S.
A. S. _grut_, far.
_Kelly._
GROFF, _adj._
1. Having harsh features, S.
2. Unpolished, S.
_Watson._
Teut. _grof_, rudis.
3. Obscene, s.m.u.tty, S.
GROME, GROYME, GRUME, _s._
1. A man.
_K. Hart._
2. Paramour, lover.
V. ~Gome~.
_Evergr._
GROOSIE, _adj._ As regarding the face; having a coa.r.s.e skin, with a greasy appearance, S.
Belg. _gruyzig_, nasty.
GROSE, _s._ Style of writing.