grue

  1. Verb.  (intransitive, archaic) To be frightened; to shudder with fear.
  2. Noun.  A shiver, a shudder.
  3. Noun.  Any byproduct of a gruesome event, i.e. gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts.
  4. Noun.  A fictional predator that dwells in the dark.
  5. Adjective.  (philosophy) Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time.
  6. Adjective.  (linguistics) Green or blue, as a translation from languages such as Welsh that do not distinguish between these hues.

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