An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 380
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 380
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_To_ GRUB, _v. a._ To plant, or to prune.
Moes. G. _grab-an_, fodere, pret. _grob_.
_To_ GRUCH, _v. n._ To grudge.
_Wyntown._
~Gruching~, ~Growch~ _s._ Repining.
_Wallace._
GRUFE, GROUFE. _On groufe_, flat, with the face towards the earth.
_To be on ones grufe_, to be in this manner, S.
_Henrysone_.
Isl. _gruf-a_, cernuare; _a grufwa_, cernue; _liggia a grufu_, in faciem et pectus cubare.
~Grufelyngis~, ~Grulingis~, _adv._ In a grovelling att.i.tude.
_Douglas._
_To_ GRUGGLE, _v. a._ To put any thing out of order by much handling, S.
V. ~Misgrugle~.
GRUGOUS, _adj._ Grim.
V. ~Gruous~.
GRUME, _s._ A man.
V. ~Grome~.
GRUMMEL, _s._ Mud, dregs, Ang.
_G.o.dscroft._
Isl. _groml_, coenum, turbida aqua; Su. G. _grummel_, id.
~Grumly~, _adj._ Muddy, dreggy, Ang. _Gumlie_, S. O.
Su. G. _grumlog_, id.
_Burns._
_To_ GRUMPH, _v. n._ To grunt, S.
Su. G. _grymt-a_, id.
~Grumph~, _s._ A grunt, S.
~Grumphie~, _s._ A vulgar name for a sow, S.
_Ramsay._
GRUNDIN, _part. pa._ Whetted; old part. of _grind_.
_Douglas._
GRUNYE, _s._ Promontory.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _groign_, promontoire, Roquef.
GRUNYIE, _s._
1. The mouth, ludicrously, S.
_Ruddiman._
Fr. _groin_, the snout; Isl. _graun_, os et nasus.
2. A grunt.
_Dunbar._
GRUNTILL, GRUNTLE, _s._
1. The snout.
_Lyndsay._