The Collaborative International Dictionary
Growse
Growse \Growse\, v. i. [Cf. gruesome, grewsome, and G. grausen
to make shudder, shiver.]
To shiver; to have chills. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Ray.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
growse
obsolete spelling of grouse.
Wiktionary
growse
vb. (context UK dialect obsolete English) To shiver; to have chills.
Usage examples of "growse".
Not one of these common poits, like that young idyit who writes verses to our daughter, about the Roses as growses, and the Breezes as blowses--but a Boss Poit--also a philosopher, also a man who knew a great deal about everything.
Not one of these common poits, like that young idyit who writes verses to our daughter, about the Roses as growses, and the Breezes as blowses--but a Boss Poit--also a philosopher, also a man who knew a great deal about everything.