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groggy, a.|ˈgrɒgɪ|
[f. grog n. + -y1.]
1. Intoxicated. Also, characterized by drinking habits, bibulous.
1770T. Norworth in Gentl. Mag. 559/2 [Eighty names for having drunk too much.] 25. Groggy; this is a West-Indian Phrase; Rum and Water, without sugar, being called Grogg. 1801M. G. Lewis Sailor's T. iii. in Tales Wonder I. xv. 82 Groggy last night, my luck was such, that overboard I slid. 1840Marryat Poor Jack vi, He wasn't the least groggy. 1868Hawthorne Amer. Note-Bks. (1879) II. 164 In his groggy..destitution.
2. Farriery. Of a horse: Having a disease or weakness in the forelegs, which causes a hobbling or tottering movement.
1828Sporting Mag. XXII. 119 A rare shaped thoroughbred horse very groggy. 1838J. Stewart Stable Econ. (ed. 2) 384 Long journeys, at a fast pace, will make almost any horse groggy. 1862Trollope Orley F. I. xxviii. 222 [Of a horse] Rather groggy on his pins the next morning? 1879E. K. Bates Egyptian Bonds I. vii. 142 Your steed looks a little groggy about the legs.
3. slang. Weakened in a fight, so as to stagger; hence, gen. shaky, tottering, unsteady.
1832Marryat Jac. Faithf. iv, He was what is termed groggy, from the constant return of blows on the sides of the head. 1854Thackeray Newcomes I. 282 My poor old governor is exceedingly shaky, very groggy about the head. 1883C. Keene Let. in Life xi. (1892) 348 Rheumatism in my heel,..I'm groggy on my pins. 1888Sportsman 28 Nov. (Farmer), Thompson, who had been growing groggy,..began to force the fighting. 1894Pall Mall Mag. Feb. 615 It [sc. a lay figure] was getting groggy at the joints. |