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| gradely | Good, proper, right, thorough, complete, well, etc
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| graft(1) | Work
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| Grainger(1) | Richard Grainger (1797–1861) Town Clerk, of Newcastle who planned the redevelopment of the town centre.
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| grain¹ | A unit of weight (~65 milligrams) , nominally the weight of a grain of barley. Used by apothecaries when formulating medicines.
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| gratuities | A gift or present (usually of money), often in return for favours or services, the amount depending on the inclination of the giver; in bad sense, a bribe. Now applied exclusively to such a gift made to a servant or inferior official; a ‘tip’.
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| graving dock(1) | An artificial basin excavated, built round with masonry, and fitted with flood-gates, into which ships are received for purposes of loading and unloading or for repair. [OED]
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| Great_coat | Great coat : A long heavy overcoat (OED)
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| green² | Inexperienced, naive, gullible |
| Greneuail | Gráinne Ní Mháille (c. 1530 – c. 1603), Irish queen and folk heroine
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| gridiron |
A cooking utensil formed of parallel bars of iron or other metal in a frame, usually supported on short legs, and used for broiling flesh or fish over a fire. OED.
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| grig | A grasshopper or cricket [OED]
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| groat¹ | Four pence [OED]
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| Groom¹ | A servant who attends to horses [OED]
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| gruel | A light, liquid food made by boiling oatmeal (or occasionally some other farinaceous substance) in water or milk [OED]
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| grunstan | Grind stones [Dictionary of the Scots Language]
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| Guard² | The man who has the general charge and control of a railway train [OED] The term was inherited from the stage-coaching business.
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| Guard¹ | Guard: The man who has the general charge and control of a stage coach. Originally an armed man charged with the duty of protecting a mail-coach against robbery; hence the designation. [OED]
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| gubbins¹ | a gadget, thingummy. anything of little value; Trash. [OED]
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| Guinea¹ | An English gold coin, not coined since 1813, first struck in 1663 with the nominal value of 20 shillings, but from 1717 until its disappearance circulating as legal tender at the rate of 21 shillings (OED)’ or cash to that value. So - at the date of this poem - worth 21 shillings.
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| gull¹ | A credulous person; one easily imposed upon; a dupe, simpleton, fool. (OED)
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