Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Past participle of greet.

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Examples

  • But I'm near the mou o 'the pit, and God be thankit, I'll be ower the rim o' 't or I hae grutten my last greit oot!

    Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864

  • 'Gien I had been, div ye think I wud hae grutten?'

    Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864

  • "Oh! mem, ye didna see hoo the maister lickit him, or ye wad hae grutten yersel '."

    Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

  • 'I wad raither be grutten for nor kissed,' said he, simply.

    Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

  • "Then ye can pairt wi 'the auld hoose ohn grutten?"

    Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864

  • Mungo got himself all dressed; and Benjie had taken such a liking to him, that I thought he would have grutten himself senseless when he heard he was going away back to his own home.

    The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824

  • Mungo got himself all dressed; and Benjie had taken such a liking to him, that I thought he would have grutten himself senseless when he heard he was going away back to his own home.

    The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824

  • He disna want to be grutten ower [wept over]; na, what he wants is a guid-gaun tongue, a wullin 'airm, an' a heather besom no ower sair worn. "

    The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

  • Sae lang 's it's fair, I s 'bide it ohn grutten (without weeping). "

    Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

  • It was a 'he cud do, to win at the en' o 'his discoorse ohn grutten ootricht. "

    Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

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