GROUT

(Sax. jpuc-) In Architecture, mortar reduced to a state of fluidity by the addition of water: a mixture of plaster and fine stuff, putty, or coarse stuff, used in finishing the best ceilings; also for mouldings, and sometimes for setting walls. GRUIDiE. The name of the family of wading birds represented by the stork (Grus). Mm 2 GRUS. [s. 544]