jan 1, 1668 - grewend

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Obsolete spellings of greyhound. 1514 <i>a grett multitude off dogges both grewhondis and ratches</i>, Moor Monkton (YRS41/168); 1533 <i>That none within the libertiez of Selby kepe neyther hownde, spangell, ne grewend</i> (SS85/33); 1668 <i>Two Croft yeomen for keeping grewhounds</i> (NRQS6/124). Also recorded are the terms grew bitch and grew whelp: 1541 <i>Milo Stubbes qui habet ... unum canem vocat. a grehebyche</i>, Birstwith (YRS55/88); 1619 <i>A grew whelpe sent me from Pocklinton of Wm Anlabies bitch; My sister Browne promised some whelpes of her grew-bitch</i>, Brandsby (NYRO44/167,175).

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