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▪ I. gruntle, n. Sc.|ˈgrʌnt(ə)l|
Also 6–8 gruntill, 9 grunkle.
[f. gruntle v.]
1. The snout of a pig, or other animal.
1535Lyndesay Satyre 2109 Heir is ane relict..The gruntill of Sanct Antonis sow, Quhilk buir his haly bell. a1557Diurn. Occurr. (Bannatyne Club) 235 Xiij grysis, off the quhilkis, thair wes ane a monstoure. It haid the gruntill thairof in the heich of the heed. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. i. 123 Slay out of hand a swyne that eites the corne, or wt the gruntle casting vp the tilet ground. 1824J. Telfer in Whitelaw Bk. Sc. Ballads (1875) 460/2 The stinkan brocke Shotte up hir gruntle to see. 1844Jack Hist. St. Monance iv. 36 [The pig] presented its ominous grunkle full in his view.
b. transf. The face of a man, etc. (Cf. muzzle.)
1508Dunbar Flyting w. Kennedie 127 The gallowis gaipis efter thy graceles gruntill. 1786Burns Sc. Drink xvii, May..gouts torment him inch by inch, Wha twists his gruntle wi' a glunch O' sour disdain, Out owre a glass o' whisky punch Wi' honest men. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 50 Some Papists said it was the Deil; Na, na; it was some better chiel; I ken his grunkle unca weil.
2. A little grunt; a subdued grunting sound.
1697W. Cleland Poems 92 He threw a gruntle, hands did fold, [etc.]. a1774Ferguson Poems (1807) 262 Can lintie's music be compar'd Wi' gruntles frae the City Guard? 1785Burns Halloween xix, Presently he hears a squeak, And then a grane and gruntle.
▪ II. gruntle, v.|ˈgrʌnt(ə)l|
Also 5 gruntil.
[f. grunt v. with dim. or frequentative ending -le.]
1. intr. To utter a little or low grunt. Said of swine, occas. of other animals; rarely of persons. Const. against, at. Obs. exc. dial.
c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxx. 135 Þai..spekez noȝt, bot gruntils as swyne duse. 15..Gyre-Carling 20 in Laing Anc. Pop. Poetry 275 The Carling schup hir in ane sow, and is hir gaitis gane Gruntlyng our the Greik sie. 1603Dekker Batchelars Banq. Wks. (Grosart) I. 161 She..seemes on a suddaine to awake from a sound sleepe, gruntling and nusling under the sheets. 1605Z. Jones tr. Loyer's Specters 11 Shee growing enraged, made so filthy a noyse and gruntled so horribly against him. 1679Dryden Tr. & Cr. iv. ii, So, so; the boars begin to gruntle at one another: set up your bristles now, o' both sides. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 134/2 An Elke, when he sendeth forth his Cry, gruntleth. 1735Somerville Chase iv. 338 By Circe's Charms To Swine transform'd, ran gruntling thro' the Groves. 1777Justification 29 The tythe-pig gruntles in the vicar's ear. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., To Gruntle, to grunt in a low or murmuring tone, as a sickly cow.
transf.1793Beresford in Looker-on (1794) II. No. 54. 313 Oft hearing the sow-gelder's horn..Through the long street gruntling far.
2. To grumble, murmur, complain.
1589R. Bruce Serm. (1843) 166 It becomes us not to have our hearts here gruntling upon this earth. 1601Dent Pathw. Heaven 213 He cannot indure that we should gruntle against him with stubborne sullennesse. 1687Miege Gt. Fr. Dict. II. s.v., She does nothing but gruntle. 1876‘P. Pyper’ Mr. Gray & Neighb. II. 138 There's some on 'em..is gruntling over it above a bit.
Hence ˈgruntler rare—1, a grumbler.
1893Standard 2 Sept. 3/2 If they were gruntlers, the chief gruntler was the Secretary of State for War. |