grimmer (grimer)

[Origin unknown.] A sort of hinge. Grimm's law. See law1. grimne (grim'nes), n. [ They were not able to abyde the grimne e of their countenaunces and the fiercene of their lookes. A. Golding, tr. of Cæsar, fol. 29. Whose ravell'd brow, and countenance of gloom, Present a lion's grimne . Glover, A then aid, xxx. An epitaph... which attracted me by its peculiarly N. and Q., 6th ser., X. 45. Rather save a crippled piece Of all their crushed and broken members, Than have them grillied on the embers. S. Butler, Hudibras, III. ii. 1676. grilse (grils), n. [Sc. also gilse ; cf. Ir. greal sach , a kind of fish.] A young salmon on its first return to the river from the sea. The grilse is more slender than the salmon, the tail more forked, the scales more easily removed, and the top of the head and of the fins is not quite so black. St. Nicholas , XIII. 741. grim (grim), a.; compar. grimmer, superl. grim mest. [ Whenever they lookt on the grim Soldan, It made their hearts to quail. Sir Cauline (Child's Ballads, III. 187). She was of stature big and tall, of visage grim and stern. Milton , Hist. Eng., ii. 2. Stern in character or quality; unyielding; dreadful; formidable: as, grim determination. Now is Philip full grym in fyght for to meete. A lisa under of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 155. It would... be the grimmest dispensation that ever befell him. South, Sermons, IX. 185. Wise Cornel i us promised, by his art, To show to him the lad ye of his heart, Albeit betwixt them rolled the ocean grim . Scott , L. of L. M., vi. 16. But he saw no grim portents, and heeded no omen of A. W. Tourgée , Fool's Errand, p. 111. evil. 3. Marked by harshne or severity; distre ful; dolorous; cheerle : as, grim suffering; a grim jest. The duke was in a cas, his wondes wer so grym , That his leche was in ille hope of him. IMG:content-2679.png:[blocks in formation] Tennyson, Prince , iv. =Syn. Grisly , Hideous , etc. (see ghastly ); severe, harsh, hard. grimt, n. [ME., also grym , greme ; = D. grim = OHG. grimmi , MHG. grim me , f., grim, G. grimm , m., anger; from the adj. Cf. gram1 , grame , n .] Anger; wrath. On right hond shall hom reue the rest of the saule, That my graunser with greme gird vnto dethe, And slog he all our Sitesyns, & our sad pepull Brittoned to bale dethe, and there blode shed. maced, ppr. grimacing. [ countenance. He laid a heavy hand on my shoulder, and leaning on me with some stre , limped to his horse. Having once caught the bridle, he mastered it directly, and sprang to his saddle; grimacing grimly as he made the effort, for it wrenched his sprain. Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, xxii.