A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1572
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Grub, v. Also: grube. [ME. grub(be, grube (a 1300).] tr. To dig round or up. Also fig. —1513 Doug. xiii. ix. 76.
Saturn … Tawcht thame to grub the wynys, and al the art To eyr 1542 Reg. Cupar A. II. 208.
He.sall grub the treis … and clenge the stankis 1542 Ib. 210.
Georde sall laubour … our garding, … grubband the treis tharof 1572 Satirical Poems xxxiii. 365.
Ȝe suld ȝour ground grube with simplicitie
