graip

Scots

Etymology

Perhaps akin to the English words grope and gripe.

Noun

graip (plural graips)

  1. A dungfork.
    • 1785, Burns, Robert, Halloween:
      He marches thro' amang the stacks, / Tho' he was something sturtin; / The graip he for a harrow taks, / An' haurls at his curpin;
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