grootn.

/ɡruːt/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s grut, Middle English (1800s dialect) grute, 1600s grewt, 1700s greut.

Etymology: Related to Old English gréot , grit n.¹, and grout n.¹: but the precise nature of the relation is uncertain.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

Mud, soil, earth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun]

earthOE

claya1300

grita1325

groota1400

grounda1400

loama1400

soilc1440

marl1590

terroir1653

dirt1698

dutty1873

a1400 Coer de L. 4339 The toun dykes..wer..Ful off grut, no man myghte swymme.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 218/1 Grute [MS. Harl. 221 gurte, other MSS. grut], fylthe, limus.

1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 62 All the horse and cowes dung..in time of dearth that grut or riff-raffe woulde be good to make an Italian torto withal.

1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2097 The earth, or Grewt.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. §2 ii. 328 A sort of Tin Ore with its Grewt.

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis Gloss. 322 Greut or Grit, a kind of fossil body, of sandy rough, hard, earthy, particles.

1827 D. Johnson Sketches Indian Field Sports (ed. 2) 294 In Devonshire the word groot is used by all farmers..for dry earth.

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 26/1 Grute, Greet, coffee grounds, finely pulverised soil.

1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire Grute, loose earth, soil. Grute-rest, the moal-board (mould-board) of a timbern-zole.

Derivatives

ˈgrooty adj. muddy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > mire > abounding in

slag1440

miryc1443

muddyc1450

filthy1566

mire1673

sloughy1704

sleechy1792

guttery1808

slubby1823

grooty1848

1848 S. Carter Midnight Effusions 192 The measureless solitudes shrubless and grooty.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

grootv.

/ɡruːt/

Forms: See also grout v.²

Etymology: apparently < groot n. Compare however wroot , root v.²

Of a hog: To grub up or ‘muzzle’ the ground.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [verb (intransitive)] > root about

wrootc725

forrootc1230

root1516

wrout1530

rout1547

grouta1723

snuzzle1740

groot1834

snozzle1881

1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 109 Heaps of earth, and holes, where the hogs had been ‘grooting’.

Derivatives

ˈgrooting n.

ΚΠ

1827 D. Johnson Sketches Indian Field Sports (ed. 2) 247 Marks of their feet and grooting are visible in every moist place. Note, Grooting is..used by hog-hunters for the places where they have been muzzling the earth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	groot
释义	grootn. /ɡruːt/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s grut, Middle English (1800s dialect) grute, 1600s grewt, 1700s greut. Etymology: Related to Old English gréot , grit n.¹, and grout n.¹: but the precise nature of the relation is uncertain. Obsolete exc. dialect. Mud, soil, earth. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] earthOE claya1300 grita1325 groota1400 grounda1400 loama1400 soilc1440 marl1590 terroir1653 dirt1698 dutty1873 a1400 Coer de L. 4339 The toun dykes..wer..Ful off grut, no man myghte swymme. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 218/1 Grute [MS. Harl. 221 gurte, other MSS. grut], fylthe, limus. 1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 62 All the horse and cowes dung..in time of dearth that grut or riff-raffe woulde be good to make an Italian torto withal. 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2097 The earth, or Grewt. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. §2 ii. 328 A sort of Tin Ore with its Grewt. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis Gloss. 322 Greut or Grit, a kind of fossil body, of sandy rough, hard, earthy, particles. 1827 D. Johnson Sketches Indian Field Sports (ed. 2) 294 In Devonshire the word groot is used by all farmers..for dry earth. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 26/1 Grute, Greet, coffee grounds, finely pulverised soil. 1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire Grute, loose earth, soil. Grute-rest, the moal-board (mould-board) of a timbern-zole. Derivatives ˈgrooty adj. muddy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > mire > abounding in slag1440 miryc1443 muddyc1450 filthy1566 mire1673 sloughy1704 sleechy1792 guttery1808 slubby1823 grooty1848 1848 S. Carter Midnight Effusions 192 The measureless solitudes shrubless and grooty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). grootv. /ɡruːt/ Forms: See also grout v.² Etymology: apparently < groot n. Compare however wroot , root v.² Of a hog: To grub up or ‘muzzle’ the ground. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [verb (intransitive)] > root about wrootc725 forrootc1230 root1516 wrout1530 rout1547 grouta1723 snuzzle1740 groot1834 snozzle1881 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 109 Heaps of earth, and holes, where the hogs had been ‘grooting’. Derivatives ˈgrooting n. ΚΠ 1827 D. Johnson Sketches Indian Field Sports (ed. 2) 247 Marks of their feet and grooting are visible in every moist place. Note, Grooting is..used by hog-hunters for the places where they have been muzzling the earth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1400v.1827
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