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

O. Fr. gronch-er, id.

GROUNDIE-SWALLOW, s. Groundsel, S.

GROUNDS, s. pl. Refuse of flax, Loth.

GROZLIN, part. adj. Breathing with difficulty through the nose, Fife.

GRU, s. The crane.

Fr. grue.

Burel.

GRU, s.
1. A particle, an atom, S.
2. Applied to the mind.
He has na a gru of sense, S.

Gr. γρυ, quicquid minutum est.

To GRUB, v. a. To plant, or to prune.