† growme Obs.
In some edd. of Bailey's Dict. erroneously grown.
[Perh. the same word as groom n.2]
(See quots.)
| 1601 Act 43 Eliz. c. 10 §2 No persone or persons..shall have keepe or use any manner of Wrinche Ringehead Growme Rope or other Engine to stretche or straine any roughe and unwroughte Woollen Clothe [etc.]. 1607 J. Cowell Interpr., Growme, anno 43 E. ca. 10. seemeth to be an engine to stretch wollen cloth withall after it is wouen. |