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Quotation dates: 1900
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†GRAMMLE, v. Also grammal. To scramble, grab, grasp (Upp. Cld. 1825 Jam.). Also used fig.Ant. 1900 T. Given Poems 143:
Till rural haunts as weel as toon Nou grammal at display.
Hence 1. gramloch, adj., “avaricious, taking much pains to scrape substance together” (Upp. Cld. 1825 Jam.); 2. gramlochie, adv., in an avaricious manner, graspingly (Ib.); 3. gramlochness, “an extremely worldly disposition” (Ib.), avariciousness.
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