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Quotation dates: 1857
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†GRUNCH, v.2. Variant form of crunch, to grind or gnash with the teeth (e.Lth. 1950).s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell Psalms cxii. 10:
The wicket sall see it, an' be greifet; he sall grunch wi' his teeth, an' melt awa.