Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete spelling of grouse.
  • To shiver; have a chill.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb Obs. or Prov. Eng. To shiver; to have chills.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb UK, dialect, obsolete To shiver; to have chills.

Etymologies

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Compare gruesome and German grausen to make shudder, shiver.

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