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 182 Gribble. The part of the tree for grafting on. c. Griddlin. Sitting ^^ hanging over" the fire, and so warming nose and knees together. Griglan^ or Grig. Heath, or ling. (At St. Agnes heath flowers are called ^^browth of the griglans." h). Celtic Cornish words, Grig, heath; griglans, sticky heath. Borlase, Griggan. A grass-hopper. M.A.C. Gripe. The ditch along the foot of a hedge. Gripy. Greedy, stingy, miserly. Grishens. See Growshans. Grizzle. To grin. Grisla is a Celtic Cornish word, and means to grin like a dog, and a grisla, grinning. " What be'ee grizzlin at '? " " You ould grizzla." Grobman. A bream two thirds grown. Polwhele, Grock. To pull, to tweak; as to pull the hair up over the ears. H.R.C. Groot. The same as Greet. Q-V. Callington. Growan. Soft granite-like ground. Also, a name for granite. Celtic Cornish, grow, gravel or sand; or grean, gravel. Growder. A soft kind of decomposed granite used for scouring. Growts, grownds, grudgings, growshans, grooshans^ or grishens. Terms used of coffee grounds, dregs or sediment in a cup of tea, &c. Probably derived from the Celtic Cornish word grow, sand.