grochet

A Middle English form of grudgel. groddeckite (grod'ek-it), n. [After A. von Groddeck.] A zeolitic mineral allied to gmelinite, found at St. Andreas berg in the Harz. grof1t, gruft, adv. [ME., also groff; also in the phrases a gruf, on groufe, one the groffe, with the same sense, Icel. grufa in the phrases liggja ā grāfu (= Sw. dial. ligga å gruve, lie groveling), symja ā grūfu, swim on one's belly; cf. grūfa v: ef. grufa (= Norw. gruva = Sw. grufva ), crouch, grovel, grufla, grovel. Hence groveling, adv., and through that the verb grovel: see these words.] Flat on the ground; with the face on the ground, or on any object; so as to lie prone; forward and down. And whan this abbot had this wonder sein, His salte teres trilled adoun as reyne: And groff he fell al platte upon the ground. Chaucer, Priore 's Tale (ed. Tyrwhitt, 1. 13605). On (the) groft, a gruft. Same as grof 1, gruf. Than Gawayne gyrde to the go me, and one the groffe fall is; Alles his grefe was graythede, his grace was no bettyre! Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), L. 3851.