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gradely

Good, proper, right, thorough, complete, well, etc
[A Glossary of Lancashire Dialect http://www.dunkerley-tuson.co.uk/Pages/LancashireDialectGlossary.aspx]

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graft(1)

Work

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Grainger(1)

Richard Grainger (1797–1861) Town Clerk, of Newcastle who planned the redevelopment of the town centre.

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grain¹

A unit of weight (~65 milligrams) , nominally the weight of a grain of barley. Used by apothecaries when formulating medicines.

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gratuities

A gift or present (usually of money), often in return for favours or services, the amount depending on the inclination of the giver; in bad sense, a bribe. Now applied exclusively to such a gift made to a servant or inferior official; a ‘tip’.

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graving dock(1)

An artificial basin excavated, built round with masonry, and fitted with flood-gates, into which ships are received for purposes of loading and unloading or for repair. [OED]

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Great_coat

Great coat : A long heavy overcoat (OED)

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Synonyms - Great_coats¹
green²

Inexperienced, naive, gullible

Greneuail

Gráinne Ní Mháille (c. 1530 – c. 1603), Irish queen and folk heroine

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gridiron
A cooking utensil formed of parallel bars of iron or other metal in a frame, usually supported on short legs, and used for broiling flesh or fish over a fire. OED.
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grig

A grasshopper or cricket [OED]

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groat¹

Four pence [OED]

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Groom¹

A servant who attends to horses [OED]

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gruel

A light, liquid food made by boiling oatmeal (or occasionally some other farinaceous substance) in water or milk [OED]

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grunstan

Grind stones [Dictionary of the Scots Language]

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Synonyms - grunstans
Guard²

The man who has the general charge and control of a railway train [OED] The term was inherited from the stage-coaching business.

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Guard¹

Guard: The man who has the general charge and control of a stage coach. Originally an armed man charged with the duty of protecting a mail-coach against robbery; hence the designation. [OED]

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Synonyms - guards¹
gubbins¹

a gadget, thingummy. anything of little value; Trash. [OED]

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Guinea¹

An English gold coin, not coined since 1813, first struck in 1663 with the nominal value of 20 shillings, but from 1717 until its disappearance circulating as legal tender at the rate of 21 shillings (OED)’ or cash to that value. So - at the date of this poem - worth 21 shillings.

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Synonyms - guineas¹
gull¹

A credulous person; one easily imposed upon; a dupe, simpleton, fool. (OED)

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