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  • grumble
    [OED, of an animal: a low growl] v. (of dogs) to growl. (Black)
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  • grudgeful: take grudgeful
    [Car.; "the sense develop­ment of this adj. parallels that of grudge" DJE; OED resentful rare; Scots idem CSD; cf. take be­come, as
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  • grudge
    [Car.; "to be jealous of (someone). (The thing about which one is envious is not expressed as direct object)" DJE; cf. OED
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  • grub hoe
    (Black); grab hoe (San Sal., Inagua) [cf. OED grub to dig superficially; to clear (ground) of roots and stumps; W3 grub(bing)
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  • grub
    [OED, to dig; to rummage; to search in an undignified manner] v.t. to catch with the hands: We go in the mangra
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  • grow
    [Atlantic; OED, to advance in age obs. → 1715] v. to become an adult; to grow up: I finish grow there
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  • grouper
    /grúwpa/ [Atlantic; from Port. garoupa, fish of this kind, probably of Cariban origin DJE; cf. Galibi croupy, fish sp. W3] n.
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  • grounit
    /gráwnit/ [cf. W3 ground nut (chiefly Brit.) peanut; cf. DJE nit a common folk pronun­ciation of nut when it appears
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  • ground-walker
    n. a bird, Seirus aurocapillus: 1910 (Northrop 53). = NIGHT-WALKER (Inagua, White)
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  • ground vegetables
    [Trin. idem (Hancock p.c.); cf. GROUND FRUIT] n. root vegetables: Your ground vegetables growing good this year (Nassau). (Gen.)
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