Grubber

One who grubs. - An instrument used for digging up roots, .; a grub-axe. Grub'-street, n. or a. Originally the name of a street near Moor fields, London, (now called Milton Street,) "much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems, whence any mean production is called Grub - street." (Johnson.) - Employed as an adjective to denote any literary production on a par with, or after the manner of, the publications of Grub IMG:content-0456.png:[graphic] street. "I'd sooner ballads write, and Grub-street lays." -Gay. Grudge, ( gruj ,) v. n. [Goth. us - grudja , slow, languid; allied to O. Ger. grâtac , greedy, to Icel. graedska , rooted malice, hatred, and probably to Gr. gruzō, to grunt, to grumble.] To be discontented, as at another's enjoyments or advantages; to envy one the po e ion or happine which we desire for ourselves; to permit or grant with reluctance; to give or take unwillingly; to covet; to desire to obtain back again. "He... much grudg'd the praise, but more the robb'd reward." Dryden. IMG:content-0457.png:[blocks in formation] "They drank and eat, and grudgingly obey'd."-Dryden.