Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Parched corn; grain burned out of the ear.
  • noun Meal ground in the quern or handmill.

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Examples

  • Simon Glover, finding himself alone, resorted to the stable to look after his nag, which, he found, had been well served with graddan, or bread made of scorched barley.

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

  • The graddan cake will keep her white teeth in order, the goat's whey will make the blood spring to her cheek again, which these alarms have banished and even the Fair

    The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801

  • Simon Glover, finding himself alone, resorted to the stable to look after his nag, which, he found, had been well served with graddan, or bread made of scorched barley.

    The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801

  • The graddan cake will keep her white teeth in order, the goat’s whey will make the blood spring to her cheek again, which these alarms have banished and even the Fair Maiden of

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

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