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. groign, promontoire, Roquef.

GRUNYIE, s.
1. The mouth, ludicrously, S.
Ruddiman.

Fr. groin, the snout; Isl. graun, os et nasus.

2. A grunt.
Dunbar.

GRUNTILL, GRUNTLE, s.
1. The snout.
Lyndsay.
2. The face in general, S.
Burns.

To GRUNTLE, v. n. To coo, as infants, when highly pleased, S.

O. Fr. grondil-er, murmurer.

Gruntle, s.
1. The sound made by infants, S.
2. A grunting sound of any kind, S.
Cleland.

To GRUNTSCH.
V. [Grounch].

GRUOUS, GRUGOUS, s. Grisly. S. B.
V. [Groue].
Journal Lond.