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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Grasil(l, Gra(i)sle, v. Also: grissill. [Prob. imitative. Found only in Douglas.] a. intr. To make a harsh, grating noise. b. tr. To gnash (the teeth or tusks). — 1513 Doug. i. ii. 60.
The takillis graslis [Sm. graislis], cabillis can fret and frays 1513 Ib. iii. x. 15.
A monstre horribyll [sc. Polyphemus], … Grassilland [R. Grissilland] his teith, and rummysand full hie 1513 Ib. viii. iv. 103. 1513 Ib. x. xii. 59.
The bustuus swyne … Grasland hys tuskis with astern fyry eyn
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