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 * Grig (greg in Sligo): a boy with sugarstick holds it out to another and says, 'grig, grig,' to triumph over him. Irish griog, same sound and meaning.


 * Grinder; a bright-coloured silk kerchief worn round the neck. (Edward Walsh: all over Munster.)


 * Gripe; a trench, generally beside a high ditch or fence. 'I got down into the gripe, thinking to [hide myself].' (Crofton Croker.)


 * Griskin or greeskeen; a small bit of meat cut off to be roasted—usually on the coals. Irish gríscín.


 * Grisset; a shallow iron vessel for melting things in, such as grease for dipping rushes, resin for dipping torches (sluts or paudioges, which see), melting lead for various purposes, white metals for coining, &c. If a man is growing rapidly rich:—'You'd think he had the grisset down.'


 * Groak or groke; to look on silently—like a dog—at people while they are eating, hoping to be asked to eat a bit. (Derry.)


 * Grogue; three or four sods of turf standing on end, supporting each other like a little pyramid on the bog to dry. (Limerick.) Irish gruag, same meaning.


 * Groodles; the broken bits mixed with liquid left at the bottom of a bowl of soup, bread and milk, &c.


 * Group or grup; a little drain or channel in a cow-house to lead off the liquid manure. (Ulster.)


 * Grue or grew; to turn from with disgust:—'He grued at the physic.' (Ulster).


 * Grug; sitting on one's grug means sitting on the heels without touching the ground. (Munster.) Same as Scotch hunkers. 'Sit down on your grug and thank God for a seat.'


 * Grumagh or groomagh; gloomy, ill-humoured:—'