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▪ I. groser Obs. exc. Sc. and north.|ˈgrəʊzə(r)|
Also 7, 9 grozer, 9 grosier.
[ad. F. groseille, with substitution of r for final l.]
A gooseberry. Also attrib., as groser-bush.
1548Turner Names of Herbes 88 Vua crispa is also called Grossularia, in english a Groser bushe, a Goose⁓bery bush. 1615Lawson Orch. & Gard. iii. iii. (1668) 3 Bushes bearing berries, as..Goose-berries or Grosers. 1674J. Josselyn Voy. New Eng. 72 The Gooseberry-bush, the berry of which is called Grosers or thorn Grapes. 1833Gentl. Mag. I. 597 A garden filled with grosier bushes. 1886Chesh. Gloss., Grosier. 1893Northumbld. Gloss. s.v., An eager person is said to ‘Jump like a cock at a grozer’.
▪ II. groser
see grocer, grosser1. |