单词 | grummell |
释义 | ▪ I. ˈgrummel Obs. exc. dial. Also (pl.) 6 grommelles, 7 grumbles. [Cf. Sw. grummel in same sense.] Mud, dregs, sediment. lit. and fig. (In the Peak of Derbyshire still used, as is the Sw. word, for ‘coffee-grounds’.)
1558–80Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. i. vi. 105 a, That first and cheefly it [earth for casting] be fine and small, and in no wise rough, or full of grommelles. 1614Bp. Cowper Dikaiologie 83 Let the auncient wals of our Church-gouernment stand, where they be decaied, let them be repaired, not with sand and grummell of promiscuall regiment. 1637Sanderson Serm. II. 81 The grumbles and mud of their impatience and discontent beginneth to appear. ▪ II. grummel(l obs. form of gromwell. |

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