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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Grind

Grīnd, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. GROUND; p. pr. & vb. n. GRINDING.] [A-S. grindan; Icel. grenna, to weaken, lessen.] 1. To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments. Take the millstones and grind meal. Isa. xlvii. 2.

  1. To wear down, polish, or sharpen by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet; to rub against one another, as millstones, teeth, &c.
  2. To prepare for examination; to put through the mill. [Eng. Universities.]
  3. To oppress by severe exactions; to cause trouble or affliction to; to harass.

They undid nothing in the state but irregular and grinding courts. Milton. Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law. Goldsmith.

Grīnd or Grind'ed, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To move some object, as a mill; to perform the operation of grinding something. Send thee / Into the common prison, there to grind. Milton.

Sense 2. To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.

Sense 3. To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.

Sense 4. To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge.

Grind'ed, old p. p. of grind. Ground. W. Scott.