Gruf (?), adv. [Cf. Grovel.] Forwards; with one's face to the ground.
[Obs.]
They fellen gruf, and cryed piteously.
Chaucer.
Gruff (?), a. [Compar. Gruffer (&?;); superl. Gruffest.] [D. grof; akin
to G. grob, OHG. gerob, grob, Dan. grov, Sw. grof, perh. akin to AS.
rcÛfan to break, Z. reavc, rupture, g- standing for the AS. prefix ge-
, Goth. ga-.] Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour;
surly; severe; harsh. Addison.
Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks.
Thackeray.
-- Gruff"ly, adv. -- Gruff"ness, n.
Gru"gru palm" (?). (Bot.) A West Indian name for several kinds of palm.
See Macaw tree, under Macaw. [Written also grigri palm.]
Gru"gru worm" (?). (Zoˆl.) The larva or grub of a large South American
beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and
sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy.
Grum (?), a. [Cf. Dan. grum furious, Sw. grym, AS. gram, and E. grim,
and grumble. √35.] 1. Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly;
glum; grim. "Nick looked sour and grum." Arbuthnof.