grouse

Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.

Among fowls for the table [of King Henry VIII] are crocards, winders, runners, grows, and peions, but neither Turky or Guiney-fowl.

Looke to 't, young growſe: Ile lay it on, and ſure; / Take 't off who's wull.

The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

To hunt or shoot grouse.

To complain or grumble.

If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind, Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind; Be handy and civil, and then you will find That it's beer for the young British soldier.

Grouse away!" he growled. "If grousin' made a man happy, you'd be the champion."