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A DICTIONARY OF 
Green Wood. Genista iinctcma^ L. — With. ed. ii. Perhaps origin- 
ally a misprint for Greenweed. 
Greens. (1) Lemna minor ^ L. — Grete Herball. Prior, p. 98. 
(2) Cratcegm Oxyacantha, L., var. prcecox (the ‘Glastonbury 
Thorn ’), which in Parkinson’s time grew ‘ neare unto Nantwiche in 
Cheshire by a place called White Greene, which tooke the name as it 
was thought from the white bushes of thornes which there they call 
Greenes.^ Park. Theatr. 1025. 
Gregories. ‘ A species of Narcissus. West.^ Hal. Wr. 
Grey-beards. ‘ The seeds of the wild vine.’ Hal. Wr. No doubt 
Clematis Vitalba, L. 
Greygle. (1) Scilla nvtans, Sm. — Dcn's. ‘ A.S. grceg, grey. Grsegl, 
or greygle, means what is grey (greyish) blue.’ Dors. Gloss. Hal. 
and Wr. spell it Greygole, 
(2) Orchis mascula, L. — Dors, 
Grey Saugh. Salix cinerea, L. —E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Gribble. ‘ Diminutive of grab. A young crab-tree \Pyrus Malus, 
L.] or blackthorn [Prunus spinosa, L.] ; or a knotty walking-stick 
made of it.’ Dors. Dors. Gloss. In Hal. it is explained as ‘ a shoot 
from a tree ; a short cutting from one. West.'* In Som. it is applied 
to Pyrus Malus, L. , both the tree and the fruit. 
Grig. (1) Calluna vulgaris, — Ches. ; Cormo.; Norf.CoQkKjnQ, 
hi. 32 ; Sal. ; Bay, E. D. S. Gloss. B. 15. ‘ Sometimes Griglan.’ Hal. 
By Act of Parliament 4 and 5 William and Mary, cap. 23^, to burn on 
any common or waste between Candlemas and Midsummer any grigg, 
heath, &c. , is punishable with whipping and imprisonment. 
(2) Erica Tetralix, L. — Ches. 
Griglans. The stems of Calluna vulgaris, Salisb. — Comw. (Truro). \ 
Grim the Collier. Hieradum aurantiacum, L. — Park. Parad. Hal. j 
Wr. Glou., Sal, Som., Suss. ‘ The name of a humorous comedy ^ 
popular in Q,. Elizabeth’s reign, “ Grimm the Collier of Croydon,” | 
given to the plant from its black smutty involucre.’ Prior, p. 98. f': 
Parkinson (Parad. p. 300) says ‘ the name of Grim the Collier, whereby f 
it is called of many, is both idle and foolish.’ .V 
Grinning Swallow. Senedo vulgaris, L. — Bcotl. A curious cor- § 
ruption of Groundsel, or rather of the A.S. grundswelge, which has 
become in Scotland grundieswally, grundieswallow, and grinning 
swallow. 
Grinsel. Senedo vulgaris, L. — Ches. 
Grip-grass. Galium Aparine, L. — ‘ Because the prickles of its 
loaves, and the bristles of its fruit, make it catch at everything.’ E. 
Bord. Bot. E. Bord. Prior, p. 98. 
Grizzle. Fruit of Riles Grossularia, L. — Dumfries, Jamieson. 
Gromwell. The usual spelling in modem books of the English ? 
name for Lithospermum officinale, L. — Lyte has Gremil and Gromall, 
