Grub

n. [Goth. grab an, to dig; allied to grave, q. v.] To dig; to be occupied in digging. - To beg; to cadge; to solicit food meanly. (A colloquial vulgarism.) -v. a. To dig up by the roots with an instrument; to root out by digging; - preceding up. "A foolish heir caused his vineyard to be grubbed up." -L'Estrange. -n. An insect that digs in the ground, devouring roots of corn, gra , ., or which crows dig up and devour; a worm produced from the eggs of beetles; an insect in the larva state. "There is a difference between a grub and a butterfly, and yet your butterfly was a grub." -Shaks. -A short, thick man; a dwarf. - A vulgar term for food or victuals; as, they gave me excellent grub . Grub'-axe, п . An instrument used in grubbing up roots, .