Word origins

• grouseAny of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
• leprosyAn infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
• croquetA game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
• DebneyA surname from Norman.
• gâcheA type of traditional fruitcake. (Often as Guernsey gâche.)
• GuernésiaisA Romance language spoken in Guernsey; Guernsey Norman.
• JèrriaisA Romance language spoken in Jersey, one of the Channel Islands.
• vraicSeaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel.