| 释义 |
grouze, v. dial.|graʊz|
Also growze, ? gruse.
[? Echoic.]
trans. To devour or munch with a crunching sound. Also with up.
[a1225: see gruse v.] 1624Sanderson Twelve Serm. (1637) 461 Like Swine under the Oakes, we grouze up the Ake-cornes,..and when we have done, lie wrouting, and thrusting our noses in the earth for more. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss. s.v., I can't abide him, he growzes his meat like a pig. 1887S. Cheshire Gloss., Grouze, to munch, e.g. walnuts or anything else of which the crunching sound can be heard during the process. Thus we might speak of pigs grouzing raw potatoes. |