grough
/ (ɡrʌf) /
noun
mountaineering a natural channel or fissure in a peat moor; a peat hag
Origin of grough
1C20: possibly the same as grough, an obsolete variant of gruff in the obsolete sense: ``rough'' (of terrain)
Words Nearby grough
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How to use grough in a sentence
Thus graff or grough is compounded of grave and rough; and trudge from tread or trot, and drudge.
A Grammar of the English Tongue | Samuel Johnson
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