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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Grīnd, v. t. p. 590To 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. 2. To wear down, polish, or sharpen by friction; to…Grīnd or Grind'ed, v. i. p. 590To move some object, as a mill; to perform the operation of grinding something. Send thee / Into the common prison, there to grind. Milton. 2. To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this…Grind'er, n. p. 590One who, or that which, grinds. 2. One of the double teeth used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.Grīnd'ing-frāme, n. p. 590A frame for cotton spinning.Grind'er-y, n. p. 590Shoemakers' materials. [Eng.] Grindery warehouse, in England, a shop where the tools and materials used by shoemakers and other workers in leather are kept for sale;—called, in the United States, a…Grind'ing-ly, adv. p. 590In a grinding manner.Grind'ing-slĭp, n. p. 590A kind of oil-stone; a hone. Simmonds.Grin'dle-stōne, n. p. 590A grindstone. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Grind'let, n. p. 590A small drain.Grind'stōne, n. p. 590A flat, circular stone used for grinding or sharpening tools. To hold one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress him; to keep him in a condition of servitude.Grin'ner, n. p. 590One who grins. Addison.Grīn'ning-ly, adv. p. 590In a grinning manner.Grĭp, n. p. 590The griffin. [Obs.] Shak.Grĭp, n. p. 590A grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping. 2. A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize one another. 3. That by which any thing is grasped; a handle…Grĭp, v. t. p. 590To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.Grĭp, n. p. 590A small ditch or furrow. Ray.Grip, v. t. p. 590To trench; to drain. [Obs.]Gripe, v. t. p. 590To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch. 2. To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. He had griped the monarchy in a stricter and faster hold. Bp. Taylor. 3. To give…Gripe, v. t. p. 590To hold or pinch as with a gripe; to get money by hard bargains or mean exactions; as, a griping miser. 2. To suffer griping pains. Locke. 3. (Naut.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship. R.…Grīpe, n. p. 590Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. “A barren scepter in my gripe.” Shak. 2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; as, the gripe of a sword. 3. Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching…Grīpe'ful, a. p. 590Disposed to gripe.Grip'er, n. p. 590One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.Gripe's'-egg, n. p. 590A vessel used by alchemists. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Grip'ing-ly, adv. p. 590In a griping or oppressive manner.Grĭppe, n. p. 590The influenza or epidemic catarrh. Dunglison.Grĭp'ple, n. p. 590A grasp; a gripe. [Obs.] Ne ever Artegall his gripple strong For any thing wold slack. SpenserGrĭp'ple, a. p. 590Griping; greedy; covetous; unfeeling. Men of as prying eyes as afterward they proved of gripple hands. Fuller. 2. Grasping fast; tenacious. Spenser.Grĭp'ple-ness, n. p. 590The state or quality of being gripple. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Grïs, n. p. 590A costly kind of fur. [Obs.] Chaucer.Gris'am-ber, n. p. 590Ambergris. [Obs.] Milton.Grise, n. p. 591[See GREES.] A step, or scale of steps. See GREES. Shak. 2. [See GRICE.] A young swine; a pig. [Prov. Eng.]Gris'e-oûs, a. p. 591Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown; grizzled or grizzly.Gri-sette', n. p. 591A young French girl or woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young laboring woman who is fond of gallantry; a young laboring woman kept as a servant and mistress. Sterne.Gris'kin, n. p. 591The spine of a hog. [Obs.]Gris'le-â, n. p. 591(Bot.) A genus of plants, one species of which (G. tomentosa) produces flowers which, in India, are used for making a red dye.Gris'led, a. p. 591The same as GRIZZLED.Gris'li-ness, n. p. 591Quality of being grisly, or horrible. Sidney.Gris'ly, a. p. 591Frightful; horrible; terrible; as, grisly locks; a grisly countenance; a grisly face; a grisly specter. My grisly countenance made others fly. Shak. Grisly bear. See GRIZZLY.Grī'son, n. p. 591A South American animal, the glutton, Gulo (Galictis) vittatus, which is a little larger than a weasel. Partington.Grī'sons, n. pl. p. 591(Geog.) (a.) Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps. (b.) The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.Grist, n. p. 591That which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces. Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store. Tusser. 2. Supply; provision. Swift.Gris'tle, n. p. 591(Anat.) A smooth, solid, elastic substance in animal bodies, chiefly in those parts where a small, easy motion is required, as in the nose, ears, larynx, trachea, and sternum, and covering the ends…Grist'ly, a. p. 591Consisting of gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous; as, the gristly rays of fins connected by membranes. Ray.Grist'-mill, n. p. 591A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers. [U. S.]Grit, n. p. 591The coarse part of meal. 2. Oats or wheat hulled, or coarsely ground; groats; — usually in the plural. 3. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles. 4. (Geol.) A hard, coarse-grained silicious sandstone…Grit, v. i. p. 591To give forth a sound as of sand under the feet; to grind. “The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread.” Goldsmith.Grit, v. t. p. 591To grind; to rub harshly; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. [Colloq.]Grīth, n. p. 591Agreement. [Obs.] Chaucer.Grit'rock or Grit'stōne, n. p. 591See GRIT.Grit'ti-ness, n. p. 591The quality or state of being gritty.Grit'ty, a. p. 591Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles; sandy. 2. Spirited and resolute.Griz'e-lin, n. p. 591See GRIDELIN.Griz'zle, n. p. 591Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black. Shak.Griz'zled, a. p. 591Gray; of a mixed white and black. “Grizzled hair flowing in elf locks.” W. Scott.Griz'zly, a. p. 591Somewhat gray. Bacon. Grizzly bear (Zool.), a large and ferocious bear of Western North America, the Ursus horribilis.Grōan, v. i. p. 591To give forth a low, moaning sound; especially, to breathe with a deep, murmuring sound; to utter a mournful voice, as in pain or sorrow; to sigh. For we, that are in this tabernacle, do groan, being…Grōan, n. p. 591A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain; sometimes, a derisive or indignant cry, the opposite of a cheer. “Such groans of roaring wind and rain.” Shak. The wretched…Grōan'ful, a. p. 591Inducing groans; sad. [Obs.] Spencer.Groat, n. p. 591An old English coin and money of account, equal to four pence.Groats, n. pl. p. 591Oats or wheat deprived of the hulls or outer coating. Embden groats, oaten groats crushed.