Great axe. The large English woodman's axe (Amateur Poacher, ch. iv).
Greggles, or Greygles. Scilla nutans, Sm., Wild Hyacinth. Cf. Blue Goggles.—S.W.
*Gretton. Stubble (Aubrey's Wilts MS.) See Gratings.
Greybeard. Clematis Vitalba, L., Traveller's Joy, when in seed.—N.W.
Greygles. See Greggles.
Griggles. Small worthless apples remaining on the tree after the crop has been gathered in.—N.W.
Griggling. Knocking down the 'griggles,' as boys are allowed by custom to do.—N.W.
Grindstone Apple. The crab-apple; used to sharpen reap-hooks, its acid biting into the steel. The 'Grindstone Apple' mentioned in the Eulogy of R. Jefferies, p. iv. is probably the 'Grindstone Pippin' of Wood Magic, not the crab.—N.W.
Grip, or Gripe. (1) To grip wheat is to divide it into bundles before making up the sheaves.—N.W. (2) n. 'A grip of wheat,' the handful grasped in reaping (A.). It is laid down in gripe when laid ready in handfuls untied (D.).—N.W. (3) v. To drain with covered turf or stone drains, as opposed to frith. To take up gripe, is to make such drains (D.).—S.W.