An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Gael. grosaid, Su. G. krusbaer, id.

GROSSE. In grosse, At random.
Muses Thren.

To GROUE, GROWE, v. n.
1. To shudder, to shiver, S. groose, Loth.
2. To be filled with terror.
Barbour.
3. To shrink back.
Houlate.
4. To feel horror, S.
Barbour.

Teut. grouw-en, Dan. gru-er, horrere.

Grousum, adj.
1. Frightful, S.
2. Very uncomely, S.
Burns.

Germ. grausam, dreadful, ghastly.

GROUF, GRUF, s. The disturbed sleep which one has during sickness, S.

To GROUK, v. n. To overlook with a watchful and apparently suspicious eye, Ang.

Teut. ghe and roeck-en, curare.

To GROUNCH, GRUNTSCH, v. n.
1. To grunt.
Ruddiman.
2. To grumble, S. B.
Douglas.