gruntle

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"That was unco trouble to mak 'for hersel' in the hearing o 'that auld tyke whose tongue is as rough as his gruntle!"

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  1. To grunt. [Rare.] Pensive in mud they wallow all alone, And snore and gruntle to each other's moan. Buckingham, Rehearsal, i. 1.
  2. To be sulky. To powt, lowre, gruntle, or grow sullen. Cotgrave.
  3. A grunting sound.

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  1. Freq. of grunt. Cf. disgruntle.
  2. Scots, diminutive of grunt. Cf. gruntle, v.
 

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