grunts

[GRUNT, 8., II.] snout. "She dights her grunzie wi' a hushion." Burns: Sic A Wife as Willie Had. Grūs, grŭs, s. [Lat. a crane.] 1. Ornith . ( of the form grus): The typical genus of the sub-family Gruinæ, and the family Gruide. [CRANE.] 2. Astron . ( of the form Grus): The Crane, a constellation introduced by Bayer, and now arranged as one of Lacaille's twenty-seven Southern constellations. It is situated between Eridanus and Sag ittarius. *gry, s. [Gr. gru =a grunt, a syllable; a bit.] 1. A measure, equal to one-tenth of a line. "Three inches and nine grys long, and one inch seven lines in girt." -Boyle: Works , vi. 541. 2. Anything very small, or of little value. Grû-yêre, s . & a. [Fr. Gruyère, Gruyères; Ger. Greyerz.] A. As subst.: A town in Switzerland, canton Friberg. B. As adj .: Of or belonging to the place described under A. Gruyère-cheese, s. A celebrated kind of cheese made at Gruyère. It owes its flavor chiefly to Mel ilotus officinal is .