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† groutnoll Obs. Forms: 6 growte-, groutnowle, 6–7 groutnoll, (7 -nold, growtnoll, grutnol). [f. grout n.1 + noll.] = grout-head.
1578Whetstone 2nd Pt. Promos & Cass. iii. ii, Growtenowle, come to the King. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Lourdault, a loute, a lob, a groutnoll. 1600Surflet Countrie Farme vi. xxii. 779 The seede of drunkards becommeth dead and fruitlesse, and their children block⁓headed groutnolles. 1611Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burn. Pestle ii. iii, That same Dwarfe's a pretty boy, but the Squire's a grout-nold. 1653Urquhart Rabelais i. xxv, Noddie meacocks, blockish grutnols, doddi-pol-jolt-heads. 1658Cleveland Rustic Rampant Wks. (1687) 459 The other Growtnolls of the Neighbourhood..wait for them. |