grof2t, grofft

groflingest, adv. Obsolete forms of gruff 1. See groveling . grog (grog), n. [So called in allusion to "Old Grog," a nickname given to Admiral Vernon, who introduced the beverage (about 1745), because he wore grogram breeches (or, according to another account, "a grogram cloak in foul weather").] 1. Originally, a mixture of spirit and water served out to sailors, called, according to the proportion of water, two - water grog, three- water grog, etc. When Florence, looking into the little cupboard, took out the case-bottle and mixed a perfect gla of grog for him, unasked, his ruddy nose turned pale. Dickens , Dombey and Son, xlix. Hence-2. Strong drink of any sort: used, like rum , as a general term and in reprobation. Compare groggery .-3. See the extract. 2630 The vitrifying ingredients usually added to the terra cotta clays are pure white sand, old and fire termed grog . bricks finely pulverized, and clay previously burned, C. T. Davis , Bricks and Tiles, p. 313.