graip

Scots

Etymology

From Old English grāp (“grip, grasp”) and/or *grǣpe (“grasping”); in either case akin to English grope and gripe.

Noun

graip (plural graips)

1. A dungfork.
   • 1785, Robert Burns, 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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Descendants

• → Irish: graeipe, graeip, grápa, grápán
• → Scottish Gaelic: gràpa