An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 371 : GRAGGIT, _part. pa._ Excommunicated. _Lyndsay._ GRAY, _adj._ Denoting what is bad or f

GRAGGIT, _part. pa._ Excommunicated.

_Lyndsay._

GRAY, _adj._ Denoting what is bad or fatal, S.

_Kelly._

GRAY FISH, _s._ The coal fish.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ GRAIF, GRAWE, _v. a._ To bury.

_Barbour._

A. S. _graf-an_, Su. G. _be-grafw-a_, id.

_To_ GRAYF, _v. a._ To engrave.

_Douglas._

GRAYLORD, _s._ The Coal fish full grown.

_Martin._

_To_ GRAINE, GRANE, _v. n._

1. To groan, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _gran-ian_, Belg. _gran-en_, id.

~Graine~, ~Grane~, _s._ A groan, S.

_Chr. Kirk._

GRAIN, GRANE, _s._

1. The branch of a tree, S. B.

_Acts Ja. VI._

2. The stem of a plant.

_Douglas._

3. A branch of a river, S.

_Douglas._

4. In pl., the p.r.o.ngs of a fork, S.

Su. G. _gren-a_, Isl. _grein-a_, dividere; _grein_, distinctio.

GRAINTER, _s._ One who has the charge of granaries.

_Lyndsay._

Fr. _grenetier_, id.

_To_ GRAIP, _v. a._

1. To grope, S.

A. S. _grap-an_, id.

2. To feel; in general.

_Lyndsay._

GRAIP, GRIP, _s._ The griffin.

_Burel._

Goth. _greip_, a ravenous bird.

GRAIP, _s._ A dung fork, S.

_Burns._

Su. G. _grepe_, id.

_To_ GRAITH, GRATHE, _v. a._