Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch form of
grope . - noun A dung-fork.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. A dungfork.
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Examples
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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 Jeanie Lang
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I look it up and teh Inturnets say itz graip joos and milk and ize creem.
open open open op - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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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 Anonymous
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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 Alexander Sutherland Neill 1928
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"A begun turn is half ended," quo 'the wife when she stuck the graip in the midden.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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Ye micht hae taicklet it wi 'a graip "(_a three-pronged fork_, a sort of agricultural trident).
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
whichbe commented on the word graip
Pitchfork used for hurling manure.
May 16, 2008
yarb commented on the word graip
Hurling it at whom?
May 16, 2008
whichbe commented on the word graip
Let's ask chained_bear to be sure.
May 16, 2008
dontcry commented on the word graip
Uh-oh...
May 16, 2008
yarb commented on the word graip
If there's any page where you expect the shit to fly, it's this one.
May 16, 2008
dontcry commented on the word graip
*doing the "duck and cover"*
May 16, 2008
reesetee commented on the word graip
What if you need to hurl other, non-manure things? What kind of pitchfork does one need then?
May 16, 2008
whichbe commented on the word graip
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
pterodactyl commented on the word graip
"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
reesetee commented on the word graip
*gagging*
May 16, 2008
bilby commented on the word graip
I suppose it's that manure that makes graips sour.
May 16, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word graip
Scots term for a vulture.
grape
May 20, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word graip
Cf. muck-hack.
May 20, 2011
qms commented on the word graip
Some pols’ tool of choice is their wit
For others faux bio’s more fit,
But fibbing and jape
Can’t match a good graip
When Donald starts pitching his shit.
October 29, 2017