▪ I. groop, n. Now dial.
(gruːp)
Forms: 5 grope, groupe, growpe, 5, 7, 9 dial. grupe, 6–7 groope, 8–9 Sc. gruip, 9 grup, groop.
[a. MDu. groepe (Du. groep) = OFris., LG. grôpe; cf. also Icel. gróp groove, Norw., Sw. grop hollow, cavity, Da. dial. grob ditch. Cf. grip n.2
In some dialects the word is used interchangeably with grip n.2]
1. The drain or gutter in a stable or cowhouse; = grip n.2 2.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 216/2 Growpe, where beestys, as nete, standyn..(H.P. groupe of a netys stall), musitatorium. 1483 Cath. Angl. 167/2 A Grupe, minsorium. 1664 Gouldman Dict., A groope in stables and houses, minthorium. 1674–91 Ray N.C. Words (E.D.S.), Grupe, Groop, lat[r]ina. 17.. Mucking o' Geordies Byre in Whitelaw Bk. Sc. Song (1875) 221 The Mucking o' Geordies byre And shooling the gruip sae clean. 1825 Brockett N.C. Words, Grip, Gruap, Groop, the space where the dung lies in a cow house, having double rows of stalls; that is, the opening or hollow between them. 1899 J. Colville Scott. Vernacular 15 The open trench or gruip made the byre unsavoury. |
b. A small trench, ditch, open drain; = grip n.2 1. (dial.) † Also Mil. a trench (obs.).
| 1556 J. Heywood Spider & F. lvii. 129 Behold how euerie peece that lith there in groope Hath a spider gonner with redy fired mach. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Grup, groop, a trench, not amounting in breadth to a ditch. If narrower still it is a grip. 1829 Brockett N.C. Words (ed. 2), Grip or Groop..also a small ditch or open drain in a field. |
† 2. A groove; a mortice. Obs. (Cf. groop v.)
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 216/2 Growpe, yn a boorde, incastratura. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 108/1 To put in the round Boards fitted together into the Groop made to receive them. |
▪ II. † groop, v. Obs.
Forms: 4 groupe, 5 grope, 5–6 growpe.
[Cf. Icel. grópa to groove (in carpentry), Færöese grópa to dig (a hole).]
1. trans. To dig (a trench).
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8165 Sykes do ȝe graue & groupe. 14.. Medulla in Cath. Angl. 167 note, Runco, to wedyn or gropyn. |
2. To groove, hollow out, incise. Also absol.
| 1412–20 Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xi, Such as coulde graue groupe or carue Or suche as were able for to serue With lime and stone for to reyse a wall. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 216/2 Growpyd, as boordys or oþer þyngys, incastratus. Growpyn wythe an yryn, as gravowrys, runco (K.P. incastro). 1530 Palsgr. 576/1, I growpe (Lydgate), sculpe or suche as coulde grave, groupe, or carve: this worde is nat used in comen spetche. 1638 A. Read Treat. Chirurg. vii. 52 [The] needles..ought to have good eyes, and well grooped, that they may receive the threads readily. |