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58 THE DIALECT OF garden a long row of cultivated sorrel of a superior quality. In tiie dining-room, called 'the house' (see House), was a box seat, or locker, which contained a large heavy balL This was pointed out to the incomers as to be used for crusliing the greensauce, which was customarily placed in a large bowl, and uie ball rolled about upon it. One of my informants says, ' About fifty years ago every garden had its green Muoe, It was very common then to have co/e feet boiled, and the greensauce was used with them ; also ' amang sallit.' He saw it used in 1874. Greet, sb. grit ; bits of sand, &o. Oreetty, adj. gritty. Grime (pronounced graitm), sh. smut or soot on the bars ; not dirt of every kind. Grimes (pronounced graumz sb, blacks in wheat Grobble, vb. to grope in the dark, or in a dusky light. [The frequent- ative oi grope, — W. W. S.] Grobbler, sb, a knackler, or one adapted to odd jobs. Groon (pronounced grooin, or grovn), sb. the snout of a pig. Groop (pronounced grooip), the place behind cows, &c. for receiving the excrement. [In some parts grip. A.S. grc^, a ditch. — W. W. S.J Grout. See Graat Gmn. See Gran. Gnmdowiiy or Gnrndaan, t. e, ground-down, the flour with the bran unsifted. Gruntle, vb., and Gmntliiig, pt and sb. a word employed to express the moaning noise made by a sick animal, such as a cow. Not the same as grunting , for that is here, as elsewhere, applied to pigs. Gniflon, persons masked who go about at Christmas time. They have no particular performance, and say little or nothing, but chiefly present themselves for. admiration. The last day for tms mummery IS the 12th of January. They made their appearance at the Grammar School, Dec. 31, 1874, when one had a black mask something like a pig*B feuce. Gnlley, sb. a gutter; a laige knife. Gufling, sb. a great eater ; a guttler. Guts, sb. used freely for entrails, the stomach, &c. Guys, a word used in an old form of oath : * By guys ; ' also, * By gen* (jen), and ' Bjgow ' — all well known at Lepton and Almondbury. Occurs in Dolly's Qaon, ver. 7 : ' Shoo'd flfty gaons, but nooan like that, I' ^, it is a blazer I ' Guzle guttle, sb. a glutton.