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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Grup, n. [Northern ME. grupe (15th c.), ME. groupe, growpe (c 1440), MDu. groepe; in mod. dial. as gruip.] The gutter in a cowhouse. —1650 Misc. Maitl. C. I. 439.
Hereafter shee went with them to the milking of the kine herselfe, … [she] confesses shee did cast over the milk into the grup herselfe
