An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 381
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 381
2. The face in general, S.
_Burns._
_To_ GRUNTLE, _v. n._ To coo, as infants, when highly pleased, S.
O. Fr. _grondil-er_, murmurer.
~Gruntle~, _s._
1. The sound made by infants, S.
2. A grunting sound of any kind, S.
_Cleland._
_To_ GRUNTSCH.
V. ~Grounch~.
GRUOUS, GRUGOUS, _s._ Grisly. S. B.
V. ~Groue~.
_Journal Lond._
GRUPE, _s._ A hollow behind the stalls of horses or cattle, for receiving their dung and urine, S.
A. S. _groepe_, a small ditch.
GRUPPIT, _part._ Sprained, S. B.
_To_ GRUSE, _v. a._ To press, Fife.
Germ. _grus-en_, comminuere.
GRUSHIE, Of thriving growth, Ayrs. _Burns._
Teut. _grootsigh_, amplus, Flandr. _groese_, vigor.
GRUTTEN, _part. pa._ Cried, S.
V. ~Greit~.
_Ramsay._
_To_ GRUZZLE, _v. n._ To move the lips as if one were sucking, so as to articulate indistinctly, Loth.
V. ~Gruse~.
GUBERT, _adj._ With wreathed figures.
Fr. _guipure_, wreathed work.
_Watson._
_To_ GUCK, _v. n._ To trifle.
_Montgomerie._
Teut. _guygh-en_, nugari.
~Guckit~, _adj._ Foolish.
V. ~Gowkit~.
~Guckrie~, _s._ Foolishness.
_Philotus._
GUD, _s._
1. Substance.
_Wallace._
2. Provisions.
_Wallace._
GUD, GUDE, _adj._
1. Good, S.
2. Brave.