A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Grank, n. [Prob. imitative. Cf. the verb.] A hoarse groan. —1513 Doug. vii. viii. 56.
The deir, so deidly woundit … with mony grank and grone 1533 Boece vi. xiv. 216.
All the nycht … horribill grankis of men in extremyte of dede, mycht be herd 1572 Sat. P. xxxii. 90.
With mony grank and grane
