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38 HAMPSHIBK GLOSSARY. Ooilingt [gos'linz], ah, pi. flowers of the willow. — J. Gown [goun], bK coarse brown paper. — ^Adams' Wykehamica, p. 424. Orab [grab], v. to rake up with the hands so as to soil them. — Ck)oper. Gf. to grub, and Qenn. graben, to dig. Grabble [grab'l], v. to snatch or take roughly. — J. Grabby [grabi], acy. grimy, filthy, dirty. — Cooper. Cf. grubby. Grafl^ Grampher [graaf, gram*fur], ah, a pig brought up by hand. Wise, New Forest. See Woaaet. Graffage [graf *ej], ah, a railed fence at the junction of two ditches, or where a ditch abuts on a road at right angles. — ^N. H. Graimed [grai*md], adj begrimed, dirty. *Ak. Ak. has ^ grained^ dirty.' Gramfer [gram'fur], ah. grandfather. *Ak. Grammer [gram'ur], ah. grandmother. *Ak. Gramplier. See Graff. Grand&ther's beard [gran*faadhurz beerd], ah. a species of EquUaium (mare's-tail). — Wise. Gray-bird [grai'burd], ah. a thrush. — Cooper. Grete [greet], ah. mould. — Lisle. Grey-mnllet-hawk [grai-mul*ut-hauk], ah. the osprey, so called, near Christchuroh, on account of his fondness /or tiiat fish. — Wise, New Forest, p. 261. Chringel [gringnil], ah. the viper^s bugloss ; Echium vulgare. The word is rare ; I have only heard it once or twice. — Wise. Grip [grip! ah. (1) Com is said ' to lie in grip,' i. e. to lie on the ground, before it is bound up in sheaf. — Lisle. (2) ' A grip of wheat,' the handful of wheat grasped in reaping. ♦Ak. (3) A small ditch or drain. — Cooper. Grip, V. a. to grip or to grijp up, t. e. to take up the wheat, and put it into sheaf. — Lisle. Gripe [greip], ah. an armful. — ^Lisle. Grist, Griz [grist, griz], v. to gnash and show the teeth angrily. Cf. AS. t6]f& gristhltung, gnashing of teeth ; St. Matt. xxy. 30. *Ak. Grist, ah. both the wheat sent to the mill and the flour which comes back are so called. * The toll is heavier than the grist,^ is a common proverb in reference to foolish expense. — Wise. Grizing [grei'zing], ah, the snarling of a dog. — ^Wise, Naw Foretd, p. 186. Grommer [grom'ur], v. to make very grimy ; said of dirt Of dirty children it would oe said, * It's grommered in 'em.' — Wise.