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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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AGROUF, AGROOF, AGRUFE, Agruif, Agruff, adv. Face downwards, prone. See also Grouf.Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems 200:
Swith to Castalius' Fountain-Brink, Dad down a Grouf, and take a Drink.Sc. 1808 Jam.:
Agrufe, flat or grovelling.Kcb.⁴ c.1925:
To lie agruff is wi' one's face downwards wi' the head resting on the fore-arm.Rxb. 1811 A. Scott Poems 32:
By help o' books to've travell'd far, Streek'd on the fog at ease, A grouf beside my fleecy care Might gien my muse a heeze.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.:
‡Agroof, also agruif, a grouf: on one's stomach; esp. said of infants on being dressed, etc.Slk. c.1820 Hogg Tales, etc. (1837) II. 153:
Then I carried them to different sides o' the water, an' laid them down agroof, wi' their heads at the inwith.