groane

English

Noun

groane (plural groanes)

1. Obsolete spelling of groan
   • 1673, John Milton, On the late Massacher in Piemont:

     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

groane

1. Obsolete spelling of groan
   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     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, [...]

Anagrams

• Gerona, Gorean, Orange, Ragone, onager, orange