10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAIP»
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An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language: ...
But, as far as I can learn, these terms arc confined to Aberd. and the northern
counties. To GRAIP, v. a. 1. To grope, S. 1. To feel ; used in a general sense.
Schyr, I sail schow yow for my wage, My pardonis, and my prevelcge, Qubilk ye
sal! se, ...
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From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of ...
1953 Traynor Donegal Glossary 127 graip = a three- or four-pronged fork, used
for agricultural purposes; a dung fork. 1959 Gregg Phonology 413 graip = pitch-
fork. 1976 Murphy Mountainy Crack 34 This [winnowing cloth] he draped as a ...
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Dictionary of Prince Edward Island English
67 graip A foolish or silly person, a simpleton. You sit there like a gommie and
don't say a word (I 112). Get that gommie look off your face (I 116). [From Irish
and Scottish Gaelic via Irish and Scottish] gomach: SND 'A fool, a simpleton.
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A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English
Kerry) < Ir. graip /gre:p/ n., a digging-fork, usually with four prongs < E dial. graip. '
Will you give me over that graip. there's a good garson' (TF, Cavan). Kavanagh.
Tarry Flynn, 74: "Mat laid down the graip"; Healy, Nineteen Acres, l09: "Now a ...
Terence Patrick Dolan, 2006
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: ...
To GRAIP, v. a. 1. To grope, S. 2. To feel; used in a general sense. Schyr, I sell
schow yow for my wage, My pardonis, and my prevelege, Quhilk ye sall se, and
graip. Lyndsay, Pink. S. P. R. ii. 68. A_ S, grapam, id. In sense 2. perhaps from ...
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Allomorphy in Inflexion (Routledge Revivals)
Table 6.10 Gothic: Old English: Preterite: greipan 'to seize' gripan 'to grip' Sg 1
graip grap 2 graip-t grip-e 3 graip grap Du 1 grip»u - 2 grip~uts — Pl 1 grip~um
grip—on 2 grip-up grip-on 3 grip>un grip-on Here we find two morpholexical
stems ...
Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy, 2013
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
GRAIP, *. A dung-fork.] Add; A.Bor. " gripe, a dung-fork ;" Grose. GRAYS, *. pi. " A
dish used by the country people in Scotland, of greens [cole worts] and cabbages
beat together," Ayrs., Gl. Picken. Probably denominated from its mixed colour.
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The farmer's guide to scientific and practical agriculture: ...
A lump of long, damp straw is seized in one part by a graip, and the other part,
being coiled in the heap it was first laid down, cannot be separated without much
exertion on the part of the ploughman, pulling it this way and that ; and in a court
...
Henry Stephens, John Pitkin Norton, 1851
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Henry Stephens's Book of the Farm
U. SING. THE. GRAIP. When potatoes are taken up by manual work, it is done
with the potato graip (following image), the prongs of which are flattened. Being
rather severe work to use this graip, men are ...
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Survey English Dialects
n a four-pronged fork used in farming, <= FORKS 1.7.9. grep Man gripe I. n a
MUCK-FORK 1.3.13. grwip Y, graip Cu, graip Nb Du, graip Cu Du We Y 2. n a
narrow DITCH 1V .2.1(c). groip Brk 3. v to GROPE FOR FISH 1V.9. 10. -ing
groipin K 4.
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAIP»
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Time for Scots language to be recognised as an asset, not a hindrance
... or quey, or forkt dung wi a graip; or said mair, maist, nummer, hunner or thousan. We didnae ken maist o thae words were pure Norse - ower ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
Tyrone farm robbery: Sproule family in Clady left terrified
"He just come in the door with a graip in his hand and he told me to sit down and when I got up he threw me down on the floor. "I ran outside ... «BBC News, Nov 14»
Zombie Apocalypse Contingency Plan
Try and find something that avoids getting too close to the zombies, such as a graip, javelin, sword or gun, as this reduces your chance of ... «InQuire Live, Oct 14»
Beach stones made fine cobbled floors
Quite remarkable how large a burden could be balanced on a simple four-toed fork, or graip as some would call it, and carried the length of the ... «John O'Groat Journal, Jul 12»
Just Say 'Nu?': Second Helping
Widespread use of Lipitor and other statins has resulted in the virtual disappearance of the graip-frukht, or grapefruit, from the lexicon of ... «Forward, Jun 08»
