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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1881
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¶GRUN-KNOT, n.comb. A variant of naut. Eng. grind(-knot), a twist or knot in a cable.Rnf. 1881 D. Gilmour Gordon's Loan 51:
When some luckless boy discovered that his shirt had been twisted and tied into a “grun-knot”.
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