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Scottish slang for crying or weeping.

"Stop yer greetin ye stoopit wee eidjit!"


(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:58:29

Greet (?), a.

Great.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

 

© Webster 1913.


Greet, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr?tan, gr?lan; akin to Icel. grata, Sw. gi?ta, Dan. gr?de, Goth. gr?ctan; cf. Skr. hr?d to sound, roar. &root;50.]

To weep; to cry; to lament.

[Obs. or Scot.] [Written also greit.]

Spenser.

 

© Webster 1913.


Greet, n.

Mourning.

[Obs.]

Spenser.

 

© Webster 1913.


Greet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting.] [OE. greten, AS. gr?tan to address, approach; akin to OS. grtian, LG�x3e; groten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. grussen. &root;50.]

1.

To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.

My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you. Shak.

2.

To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.

In vain the spring my senses greets. Addison.

3.

To accost; to address.

Pope.

 

© Webster 1913.


Greet (?), v. i.

To meet and give salutations.

There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.


Greet, n.

Greeting.

[Obs.]

F. Beaumont.

 

© Webster 1913.


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