Definition of Grikes

1. Noun. (plural of grike) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grikes

1. grike [n] - See also: grike

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grikes

grift
grifted
grifter
grifters
grifting
grifts
grig
grigged
grigging
grigio
grigios
grigri
grigris
grigs
grike
grikes (current term)
grilf
grilfs
grill
grill room
grillable
grillade
grillades
grillage
grillages
grille
grille guard
grilled
grilled cheese
griller

Literary usage of Grikes

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

1. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1867)
"In Westmorland— 'At 's i' t' grikes o' t' crags. Here the Westmorland is supported by the Durham, Central Cumberland, North Lancashire (N. Lonsdale), ..."

2. A Glossary of the Dialect of the Hundred of Lonsdale, North and South of the by Robert Backhouse Peacock (1869)
"In Westmorland— 'At 's i' t' grikes o' t' crags. Here the Westmorland is supported by the Durham, Central Cumberland, North Lancashire (N. Lonsdale), ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"grikes' or widened joints in Carboniferous Limestone. 2412 ( ) Loughrigg Fell, near Amble- Rugged Fell made of Ordovician, side. ..."

4. The Scenery of England and the Causes to which it is Due by John Lubbock (1902)
"Bare surface of Carboniferous Limestone, near Sbap, showing "grikes" or widened joints. In calcareous districts the surface is sometimes quite bare and ..."

5. My Life and My Lectures by Lamar Fontaine (1908)
"Cities have sprung above the grikes Where hairy cave-men made war; Our life is old and our love Is old, And death will come amain; Should it come to-day, ..."

6. The Scenery of England and the Causes to which it is Due by John Lubbock (1902)
"Bare surface of Carboniferous Limestone, near Simp, showing "grikes" or widened joints. In calcareous districts the surface is sometimes quite bare and ..."

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