groan, granien, grane, grone

i. & t. [A. S. gránian; allied to GRIN (q.v.).] IMG:content-0768.png:[blocks in formation] B. Trans.: To silence or put down by groans; as, The speaker was groaned down. grōan, *grane, *grone, s. [GROAN, v.] 1. A low, moaning sound, as of one in pain. sor row, or agony; a deep, mournful sound or voice; a deep sigh, a moan. "Heave a pitying groan."- Cowper : Truth , 177. *2. Any hoarse, dead sound; a moan. "Such groans of roaring wind and rain." Shakesp.: Lear, iii. 2. 3. A deep, murmuring sound, uttered in derision or disapprobation; as, The speaker's voice was drowned in groans. grōan-er, s . [Eng. groan ; -er.] One who groans. *groan-fül, *gröne-full, a. [English groan ; -ful(l).] Causing or tending to cause groans or sadne ; sad, lamentable. "And gave against his mother earth a groanful sound." Spenser: F. Q., II. xi. 42. groan-ing, *gran-unge, *gron-ing, *gronynge, pr . par ., a. & 8. [GROAN, v . ] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of giving utterance to groans or moanings; a groan. "Ther is gronynge and grure." Old Eng. Miscellany, p. 91. *grōat, *grote, s. [O. Low Ger.=great, from its being larger than the small copper coins formerly in use: O. Dut. groote ; Dut. groot .] [GREAT.] *1. A small silver coin, formerly current in England, of the value of four pence sterling (about eight cents). "But now groats of four-pence and half groats of twopence, equivalent to the sterling money, are coined." Baker : Edward III . (an. 1376). 2. Used proverbially for any small or trifling sum. "His apparel is not worth a groat ."-Fielding: Journey from this World to the Next , ch. xix.