† ˈgrunyie Chiefly Sc. Obs.
Also 6 grounye, grunȝe, 7 grunȝie, 8–9 grunzie.
Variant of groin n.1, snout.
| 1500 Dunbar Flyting w. Kennedie 123 Fy skolderit skyn, thou art bot skyre and skrumple; For he that rostit Lawarance had thy grunȝe. 1552 Huloet, Grystle or grounye of a Swyne, probossis. c 1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxxiv. 92 Ȝe grunche not at hir grunȝe. a 1605 Montgomerie Flyting w. Polwart 88 Ȝour gryses grunȝie is gracelesse and gowked. 1792 Burns Willie's Wife iv, Willie's wife is nae sae trig, She dights her grunzie wi' a hushion. 1892 Ainslie Pilgr. Land of Burns 182 What..Should been a Christian face, I vow, It kyth'd the grunzie o' a Jew! |