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_Doug._
Fr. _grosse_, engrossment of a deed.
_To_ GROSE, _v. a._
1. To rub off the wiry edge of a tool, Loth.
2. To rub off part of one's skin, ibid.
Dan. _groett-er_, to bruise.
GROSET, GROSER, GROSERT, _s._ A gooseberry, S.
_Burns._
Gael. _grosaid_, Su. G. _krusbaer_, id.
GROSSE. _In grosse_, At random.
_Muses Thren._
_To_ GROUE, GROWE, _v. n._
1. To shudder, to s.h.i.+ver, S. _groose_, Loth.
2. To be filled with terror.
_Barbour._
3. To shrink back.
_Houlate._
4. To feel horror, S.
_Barbour._
Teut. _grouw-en_, Dan. _gru-er_, horrere.
~Grousum~, _adj._
1. Frightful, S.
2. Very uncomely, S.
_Burns._
Germ. _grausam_, dreadful, ghastly.
GROUF, GRUF, _s._ The disturbed sleep which one has during sickness, S.
_To_ GROUK, _v. n._ To overlook with a watchful and apparently suspicious eye, Ang.
Teut. _ghe_ and _roeck-en_, curare.
_To_ GROUNCH, GRUNTSCH, _v. n._
1. To grunt.
_Ruddiman._
2. To grumble, S. B.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _gronch-er_, id.
GROUNDIE-SWALLOW, _s._ Groundsel, S.
GROUNDS, _s. pl._ Refuse of flax, Loth.
GROZLIN, _part. adj._ Breathing with difficulty through the nose, Fife.
GRU, _s._ The crane.
Fr. _grue_.
_Burel._
GRU, _s._
1. A particle, an atom, S.
2. Applied to the mind.
_He has na a gru of sense_, S.
