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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1882
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GROTTI, n. Also gro(i)ti, †grütte. “The nave of the under millstone made of wood or cork, through which the spindle passes to the sile in the upper millstone” (Sh. 1886 P.S.A.S. XX. 275, grütte, 1908 Jak. (1928), grotti, groiti; Ork. 1910 Old-Lore Misc. III. i. 9).Sh. 1882 Gentleman's Mag. 370:
Da widen busheenda i' understeen, 'at da spindle kam up troo, day caad dat da groti.
