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grue

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grue [gruː] Scot
n
a shiver or shudder; a creeping of the flesh
vb (intr)
1. to shiver or shudder
2. to feel strong aversion
[of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Swedish grua, Old Danish grue; related to German graven, Dutch gruwen to abhor]

Grue a shivering or shaking as from fear.
Example: Grue of Ice [book title by Geoffrey Jenkin].


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Grue of the University of Washington in Seattle and his colleagues reported at the SETAC meeting.
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I think it's our custom of treating the dead like next-door neighbors temporarily on vacation that gives those who aren't Catholic the grue about relics.
 
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