gruftn.
/ɡrʌft/ local.
Particles of soil which are washed up by rain among the grass.
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1803 E. Harrison Rot in Sheep in Ann. Agric. 40 529 A gruft which adheres to the grass in wet weather.
1803 Ann. Agric. 40 530 By beating rains..particles of the soil, or the gruft, as it is called, will be washed among the grass.
Derivatives
grufted adj. /ˈɡrʌftɪd/ begrimed, dirty.
/ˈɡrʌftɪd/ begrimed, dirty.ΚΠ
1880 Ld. Tennyson Village Wife vii An' 'is nöase sa grufted wi' snuff es it couldn't be scroob'd awäay.
1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. (at cited word) His hands are grufted up.
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