grudging ness (grujingnes)

The state or quality of grudging; begrudging disposition. Nothing grates on me more than that posthumous grudg . ingne toward a wife. George Eliot , Daniel Deronda, lxiv. grudgingst (gruj'ingz), n . pl . [Earlier grudge ons , also gurgeons , gurgions ; ef. OF. grugeons , the smallest or most imperfect fruit on a tree, gruger , F. gruger , crumble, crunch, grind: see grudge2 .] Coarse meal; grouts; the part of the corn which remains after the fine meal has pa ed through the sieve. You that can deal with grudgings and coarse flour. Fletcher and Rowley , Maid in the Mill. saws. The cutting is effected with smaller blades, called grubO. Byrne, Artisan's Handbook, p. 86. grub-stake (grub'stāk), n. [ Grub-street (grub's trēt), n. and a. [The name of a street near Moor fields in London, formerly much resorted to for residence by needy writers. It is now called Milton street.] 1. n. The tribe of needy or sordid authors collectively. Long, long beneath that hospitable roof Shall Grub- street dine, while duns are kept aloof. Byron, Eng. Bards and Scotch Reviewers. II. a . Shabby; paltry; mean: said of a kind of writing and writers. I'd sooner ballads write, and Grub - street lays. Gay. Sepulchral lies, our holy walls to grace, And New Year odes, and all the Grub - street race. Pope , Dunciad, 1. 44. grub-time (grub'tim), n. Time to eat; mealtime. [Slang.] Same as grub , 1. grubworm (grub'werm), n. And gnats and grub - worms crowded on his view. Smart, The Hilliad.