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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GROTTLY, adj. Friable, crumbly.Abd. 1951 Huntly Express (6 July):
If the weather keeps dry for a period the rain of a week ago will have made the grottly clods a bittie safter an' the neeps easier to hoe.
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"Grottly adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 3 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/grottly>
