grassus

1 grassus [AN gras < crassus] 1 (of animal) fat. Cf. 1 gressia. 1214 siquem ~um cervum ceperint, latera, hanchias, et caudas ad opus nostrum bene reservari faciatis Cl 169b. 2 (of person) fat; b (as nickname or surname). s1297 erat homo pulcher et ~us nimis W. Guisb. 303.  b 1215 Hugoni de Nevill’ ~o Cl 219a. 3 (piscis ~us) ‘grapeys’, flesh of grampus or whale. a1130 concessisse ‥ R. episcopo Lond’ totum ~um piscem qui captus fuerit in tota terra sue preterquam linguam, quam mihi retinui E. Ch. S. Paul. 33; 1230 in cariagio grasci piscis usque Westm. Pipe 266.

2 grassus , woodland bird, (?) , or f. l. aves ‥ nemorales sicut grassus [? l. gallus or cf. gruta] silvestris et fasianus Gad. 10v. 1.

3 grassus v. grisus