An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 372 : 1. To make ready, S. _Douglas._ 2. To put on military accoutrements. _Wallace._ 3. To

1. To make ready, S.

_Douglas._

2. To put on military accoutrements.

_Wallace._

3. To dress food.

_Chalm. Air._

A. S. _geraed-ian_, parare; Isl. _greid-a_, expedire.

~Graith~, _adj._

1. Ready.

_Barbour._

2. Not embarra.s.sed.

_Wallace._

3. Straight, direct.

_Wallace._

4. Earnest; as to observation.

_Wallace._

~Graith~, _s._

1. Apparatus of whatever kind, S. _gear_, synon.

_Douglas._

_House-graith_, Furniture of a house, S.

_Maister-graith_, The beam by which horses are joined to a plough or harrow, Ang.

_Riding-graith_, Furniture necessary for riding, S.

_Burns._

2. Accoutrements for war.

_Lyndsay._

3. Substance, riches.

_Philotus._

4. Wearing apparel.

_Chalm. Air._

5. Any composition used by tradesmen in preparing their work.

_Chalm. Air._

6. Suds for was.h.i.+ng clothes, S.

_Ramsay._

7. Stale urine, Ang.

8. Materials of a literary composition.

A. S. _ge-raede_, apparatus.

_Douglas._

~Graithly~, _adv._

1. Readily.

_Barbour._

2. Eagerly.

_Douglas._

GRAM, _s._

1. Wrath.

_Palice Honour._

A. S. Su. G. _gram_, id.

2. Sorrow.

A. S. id. molestia.

_Doug._

~Gram~, _adj._ Warlike.