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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Graif(e, Graiff(e, v. Also: grayf. [Var. of Grave v. Cf. the noun.] a. To engrave. Also fig. b. To bury.a. c1420 Wynt. i. 252 (E).
To wirk metall … , To ȝet or bet or graif thar in a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1237.
O man, consider this torment … And graif it deipe in thi memoriale a1570-86 Kennedy Maitl. F. cxxxi. 42.
O broukle ȝouth in tyme behald And in thi hairt thir wordis graiff 1513 Doug. viii. xi. (Sm.).
Quhow that Vulcanus thar, amang the laif, Storeis to cum did in the armour graif [R. grayf] 1531 Bell. Boece II. 89.
To paint or graif the signe of the croce on ony pament of kirkis 1589 Edinb. Archit. Assoc. Trans. IX. 130.
Thomas … sall hew and graif upon sufficient stanes … the Kingis Majesteis armesb. 1513 Doug. vi. v. 145 (R).
At the leist graife me in sepulture