114 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
Grammered in. Of dirt, so grained in, that it is almost impossible to wash 
it off Grammered. Begrimed. (H.) N.W. 
*Grampha-Griddle-Goosey-Gander. Orchis mascula, L., Early 
Purple Orchis. (Sarwm Dioc. Gazette.) S.W. (Zeals.) 
*Granfer-goslings. Orchis maculata, L., Spotted Orchis. (Village 
Miners.) 
Granny (or Granny’s) Nightcap. (1) Anemone nemorosa, L., 
Wood Anemone. S.W. (Salisbury.) 
(2) Aquilegia vulgaris, L., Common Columbine. N.W. (Huish.) 
(3) Convolvulus sepium, L., Great Bindweed. N.W. 
(4) CG arvensis, L., Field Bindweed. N.W. 
*Grate. Earth. (D.) 
*Grate-board. The mould-board of a plough. (D.) 
*Gratings. The right of feed in the stubble. (D.) See Gretton. 
*Gray Woodpecker. Picus major, the Great Spotted Woodpecker.( Birds 
of Wilts, p. 253.) 
Grey beard. Clematis Vitalba in seed. N.W. 
Greggles, or Greygles. Scilla nutans, Sm., Wild Hyacinth. S.W. 
*Gretton. Stubble. (Aubrey’s Wilts MS.) 
Griggles. Small worthless apples remaining on the tree after the crop has 
been gathered in. N.W. 
Griggling. Knocking down the “‘ griggles,”’ as boys are allowed to do. N.W. 
Grindstone Apple. The crab apple ; used to sharpen reap-hooks, its acid 
biting into the steel. (Kulogy of R. Jefferies, p. 4.) 
Grip, or Gripe. (1) To grip wheat is to divide it into bundles before 
making up the sheaves. It is latd down in gripe when laid ready in hand- 
fuls untied. (D.) N.W. 
(2) x. ‘‘A grip of wheat,” the handful grasped in reaping. (A.) N.W. 
(3) ». To drain with covered turf or stone drains, as opposed to frith. 
To take up gripe is to make such drains. (D.) S.W. 
Grist, Griz. To snarlandshowthe teeth, as an angry dog or man. (A.) N.W. 
Grizzle. To grumble, complain, whine, cry. N. & S.W. 
*Grom. A forked stick used by thatchers for carrying the bundles of straw 
up to the roof. (A.B.) 
*Gropsing. “The gropsing of the evening,” dusk, (Wilts Arch. Maq., 
vol. xxii., p. 227.) 
Ground. A field. N.W. 
*(Ground-sill stone. Quarryman’s term for one of the beds of the 
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