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graithing

graithing is the present participle and gerund of graith.

Meaning of graith

Verb

graith (third-person singular simple present graiths, present participle graithing, simple past and past participle graithed)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) To make ready; prepare; put in order; make fit for use.
    • Gowden graith'd his horse before, and siller shod behind […]1776, David Herd, Collected Songs (reprinted in 1870 as Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs)
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To dress (someone or oneself) or be dressed.
    • At fairs he play'd before the spearmen, All gaily graithed in their gear-men.1748, “The Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan; or, the epitaph of Habbie Simson”, in Poems in the Scottish Dialect by several celebrated Poets, page 9

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Questions about graithing

What is graithing the present participle and gerund of?
Graithing is the present participle and gerund of graith.

Words near graithing in the dictionary

  1. grainyhead
  2. Graioceli
  3. Graiomania
  4. graith
  5. graithed
  6. graithing
  7. graithly
  8. graiths
  9. Grajal de Campos
  10. Grajales
  11. Grajaleses

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