Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GRASHLOCH, adj. Also grashlogh, -agh. Stormy, boisterous, blustering (Ayr. 1811 W. Aiton Agric. Ayr. 692; Lnk. 1825 Jam.).Sc. 1819 J. Rennie St Patrick I. xiv.:
What win' has blawn you here in sic grashlogh weather.Gall. 1882 J. Douglas Bk. of Galloway 64:
He was even in ordinary times what the minister termed a “grashloch guldering chiel.”
