Definition of "grewsome" [grew•some]

• Obsolete spelling of gruesome. (adjective)

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• "One is not even made wet by the rain nor cold by the frost; while death, instead of stalking about grewsome and accidental, becomes a prearranged pageant, moving along a well-oiled groove to the family vault, where the hinges are kept from rusting and the dust from the air is swept continually away."
• "He could steal and forage to perfection; he had an instinct that was positively grewsome for divining when work was to be done and for making a sneak accordingly; and for getting lost and not staying lost he was nothing short of inspired."
• "He grewsome USU-Apogee dwarf wheat in three cycles of 23 days so he could try to determine the effects of microgravity on the plant."