Grub

grub, v.i. to dig in the dirt: to be occupied meanly: ( slang ) to eat.— v.t. to dig or root out of the ground (generally followed by up): ( slang ) to supply with victuals:— pr.p. grub′bing; pa.p. grubbed.— n. the larva of the beetle, moth, .: ( slang ) something to eat.— n. Grub′ber , he who, or that which, grubs: an agricultural implement for grubbing out weeds, ., or for clearing and stirring up the soil, with obliquely placed tines or teeth set in a frame and moved forward on wheels.— v.i. and v.t. Grub′ble , to grope.— n. Grub′-street , a street in London inhabited by booksellers' hacks and shabby writers generally.— adj. applied to any mean literary production. [Prob. A.S. grápian , to grope.]