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Definition of Graith

1. v. t. See Greith.

2. n. Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war, etc.

Definition of Graith

1. Adjective. (context: now chiefly UK dialectal) Ready; prepared. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: now chiefly UK dialectal) Straight; direct; prompt. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: now chiefly UK dialectal) Free; clear; available. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive now chiefly UK dialectal) To make ready; prepare; put in order; make fit for use. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive now chiefly UK dialectal) To deal with; treat; handle (a person); complement. ¹

6. Verb. (ambitransitive now chiefly UK dialectal) To dress; get dressed. ¹

7. Noun. (obsolete) Preparation; arrangement; manner of doing a thing; proper course. ¹

8. Noun. (context: now chiefly UK dialectal Northern England Scotland) An apparatus of any kind; gadget; materials or equipment; tackle; tools or implements. ¹

9. Noun. (context: now chiefly UK dialectal Northern England Scotland) Furnishings; furniture; equipment or accoutrements for work, travelling, war, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Graith

1. to dress [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: dress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Graith

Literary usage of Graith

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"... the best plough, with the haul plough graith ; a sled, with the haul ... an iron harrow, with the haill graith thereof ; a pair of sods, with the haill ..."

2. Cursor Mundi: (The Cursur O the World). A Northumbrian Poem of the XIVth by Hugo Carl Wilhelm Haenisch, Heinrich Hupe, Max Kaluza (1874)
"1952 Qua so of fless wil graith j>ar fode, Loko pai kast away pe blode, •m , , .... i-ij ... graith ..."

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