grog blossom (grogʻblosum)

A redne or an eruption of inflamed pimples on the nose or face of a man who drinks ardent spirits to exce . Also called rum - blo om, toddy - blo om. [Slang.] A few grog - blo oms marked the neighbourhood of his T. Hardy , The Three Strangers. nose. groggery (grog'er-i), n.; pl. groggeries (-iz). [ The clumsy electric lights depending before the beer saloon and the groggery , the curious confusion of sprucene and squalor in the aspect of these latter. New Princeton Rev. , VI. 81. groggy (grog'i), a. [ "I'll be shot if... [the horse] is not groggy ! " said the Baron. Barham, In golds by Legends, I. 93. 3. In pugilism, acting or moving like a man overcome with grog; stupefied and staggering from blows and exhaustion. Thackeray. Cuff coming up full of pluck, but quite reeling and groggy , the Fig-merchant put in his left as usual on his adversary's nose, and sent him down for the last time. grograint, n. See grogram . grogram (grogram), n. [Formerly grograme , grogeram, grogran, grogeran, grogerane, grograin, grograine; grain , gros , coarse, gro , + grain , grain: see gro and grain1. Cf. gros - grain .] A coarse textile fabric formerly in use, made originally of silk and mohair, afterward of silk and wool, and usually stiffened with gum. I of this mind am, Your only wearing is your grogeram . Donne , Satires, iv. IMG:content-2695.jpg:[blocks in formation]