groser (groser)

[North. E. and Sc., in pl. grosers, Sc. also grozer, grozzer, grosert, gro art, groset, grozet, also grozle, grozzle, in some places grizzle, a gooseberry; various alterations of ME. * grosel (not recorded, but ef. ME. gro siler, below), gooseberry, F. groseille, a currant, > OF. gro selier, groiselier (> ME. grosiler ), a gooseberry bush, F. groseillier, a currant-bush, gooseberry berry, Ir. grosair, a gooseberry-bush, W. grwys, a wild gooseberry, appar. of OF. origin). The OF. groisele is in form a dim., perhaps G. krausbeere, kräuselbeere, a cranberry, rough gooseberry, = D. kruisbezie, as if 'cro berry' (for * kroesbezie ), = Sw. krus bär, a gooseberry; in reference to the short, crisp, curling hairs upon the rougher kinds of the fruit. The ML. gro ula, a gooseberry, gros sularia, a gooseberry-bush, are based on the OF. forms. It has been supposed that E. gooseberry is, in its first syllable, also of OF. origin: gooseberry.] A gooseberry. bush (cf. Ir. groisaid, Gael. groiseid, a goose : see George Gordoune being cited before the se ion of Rynie for prophaneing the Sabbath, by gathering grosers in tyme of sermon, appealed to the Presbyterie. Presbytery Book of Strath bogie (1636), p. 9. (Jamie son.) grosert, n. Same as groser. grosgrain (grō'grān), n. [F.,