Groane

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of groan. alt-of, obsolete

    "Forget not: in thy book record their groanes Who were thy Sheep and in their antient Fold Slayn by the bloody Piemontese that roll'd Mother with Infant down the Rocks. Their moans"

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of groan. alt-of, obsolete

    "My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, [...]"

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"Forget not: in thy book record their groanes Who were thy Sheep and in their antient Fold Slayn by the bloody Piemontese that roll'd Mother with Infant down the Rocks. Their moans"

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