grax

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Early 20th century. From Norwegian Nynorsk grakse (“residue from the production of fish or whale oil”), from Norwegian Nynorsk dragse (“residue”), from Old Norse dregg.

Noun

grax (uncountable)

  1. (Antarctica) The waste left at the end of the whaling process.
    • 1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., page 84:
      But then he lost his footing when he hit the deck, and sprawled flat in a puddle of stinking grax, a foul mixture of blood, grease, and swill.

References

  • Hince, Bernadette (2000) The Antarctic Dictionary, Csiro Publishing, →ISBN

Spanish

Interjection

grax

  1. (text messaging, informal, Internet slang) Informal form of gracias.
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