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Jennings, James

"The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire"

See GRIPE.
Gripe. _s._ [from Dutch, _groep_.] A small drain, or
ditch, about a foot deep, and six or eight inches wide.
In English Dictionaries spelled _grip_.
Griping-line. _s._ A line to direct the spade in cutting
gripes.
Groan'in. _s._ Parturition; the time at which a woman is in
labour.
Ground, _s._ A field.
Gro'zens. _s. pl._ The green minute round-leaved plants
growing upon the surface of water in ditches; duck's-meat; the
_Lens palustris_ of Ray.
Gruff. _s._ A mine.
Gruf'fer. Gruf'fier. _s._ A miner.
To Gud'dle. _v. n._ To drink much and greedily.
Gud'dler. _s._ A greedy drinker; one who is fond of liquor.
To Gulch, _v. n._ To swallow greedily.
Gulch. _s._ A sudden swallowing.
Gump'tion. _s._ Contrivance; common sense.
Gum'py. _adj._ Abounding in protuberances.
Gurds. _s. pl._ Eructations. [By _Fits and gurds._]
Guss. _s._ A girth.
To Guss. _v. a._ To girth.
Gwain. _part._ Going.
Gwon. _part._ Gone.


H.

Hack. _s._ The place whereon bricks newly made are arranged
to dry.


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