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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. A Scotch form of grope.
  2. n. A dung-fork.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Scot. A dungfork.

Examples

  • “This throwing leister was a heavy spear, or rather a heavy "graip," having five single-barbed prongs of unequal length but regularly graduated.”

    Stories of the Border Marches

  • “I look it up and teh Inturnets say itz graip joos and milk and ize creem.”

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  • “He protested the fish had no more wit, and scarcely more activity, than a black snail; and, influenced by this undue contempt of the adversary, he waited neither for a farther signal, nor a better weapon, nor a more suitable position, but, rising in his energy, hurled his graip with all his force against the unfortunate monster.”

    MacMillan's Reading Books Book V

  • “When you flog Tom Murray, you are really chastising the Tom Murray in yourself ... that is, the part that your wife knows so well -- the part of you that leaves the new graip out in the rain all night, that rebels against the authority of the School Board and the inspectorate.”

    A Dominie in Doubt

  • “A begun turn is half ended," quo 'the wife when she stuck the graip in the midden.”

    The Proverbs of Scotland

  • “Ye micht hae taicklet it wi 'a graip "(_a three-pronged fork_, a sort of agricultural trident).”

    Alec Forbes of Howglen

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  • hernesheir Cf. muck-hack. May 19, 2011

  • hernesheir Scots term for a vulture.
    grape May 19, 2011

  • bilby I suppose it's that manure that makes graips sour. May 16, 2008

  • reesetee *gagging* May 16, 2008

  • pterodactyl "When You Have To Hurl, Grab The Graip!"™

    (Note that this slogan would work for the pitchfork, but not for the cereal.) May 16, 2008

  • whichbe I'm glad you asked, because the new UltraClean Omni-Fork(TM) from Procter and Gamble can hurl everything you can imagine, and then some. And when you're done that, pop a PhantasmaForkia(TM) in your mouth and just relax...better than TV! And for breakfast, try out newest product, Graip Nuts(TM) Cereal. May 16, 2008

  • reesetee What if you need to hurl other, non-manure things? What kind of pitchfork does one need then? May 16, 2008

  • dontcry *doing the "duck and cover"* May 16, 2008

  • yarb If there's any page where you expect the shit to fly, it's this one. May 16, 2008

  • dontcry Uh-oh... May 16, 2008

  • whichbe Let's ask chained_bear to be sure. May 16, 2008

  • yarb Hurling it at whom? May 16, 2008

  • whichbe Pitchfork used for hurling manure. May 16, 2008

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