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Portland oolite—useful for bridges, ete., where great strength is required. 
(Britton’s Beauties, vol. 3.) 
Ground-rest, In a plough, the wood supporting the share. (D.) Zest is 
a mistake for wrest (Skeat). N.W. 
Grout. (1) To root like a hog. N.W. 
(2) Hence, to rummage about. N.W, 
Grump. “To grump about,” to complain of all sorts of ailments. N.W. 
~*Gubbarn. A filthy place, a drain. (A.H.) Gubborn. (B.) Should 
not this be adj. instead of m P 
~ *Gule. To sneer or make mouths at. (A.) 
Guly. (1) Of sheep, giddy. NW. 
(2) Of€ persons, queer, stupid, or silly looking. N.W. 
*Gurgeons. Coarse flour. (A.) 
Guss. (1) 2. Agirth. (A.B.) NW. 
(2) v. To girth; to tie tightly round the middle. N.W. 
Gutter. To drain land with open drains. (D.) N.W. 
Guzzle. (1) The filth ofa drain. (B.) 
(2) A filthy drain. (A.B.) Goosehill or Gushill (Paroch. 
Antiq.), Gustrill (H.), the latter being probably a misprint. N.W. 
Guzzle-berry. Gooseberry. N. & S.W. 
; E ack. To loosen the earth round potatoes, preparatory to earthing them up, 
: This is done with a ‘¢ tater-hacker,” an old three-grained garden-fork, 
which by bending down the tines or ‘‘grains” at right angles to the 
handle has been converted into something resembling a rake, but used as 
a hoe. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
Hacka. A nervous hesitation in speaking. (Village Miners.) ‘‘ He speaks 
with so many hacks and hesitations.”—Dr. H. More. N.W. 
acker. ‘The instrument used in ‘‘hacking ” potatoes; also known as a 
Tomahawk. NW. 
Hackle. *(1) 2. The mane of ahog. (A.H.) 
y (2) x. The straw covering of a beehive or of theapex ofarick. (A.) N.W, 
(3) *Toagree together. (A.) . 
(4) To rattle or re-echo. N.W. 
i a eged. Haggard or exhausted-looking. ‘‘ He came in quite hagged.”N.&S.W. 
] lage le. To cut clumsily. See Age. “They took out their knives and 
_ haggled the skin off.” (Bevis, ch. 7.) N.W. 
Hag-rod. Bewitched, hag-ridden, afflicted with nightmare. S.W. 
Hail. The beard of barley. (Great Estate, ch. 1.) Ajile (D.) seems a 
e merely fanciful spelling, to connect it with Lot. aile. NW. 
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