griminess (grimines)

The state or quality of being grimy; foulne ; fil you r . The fog, the black ooze, the melancholy monotony of grimine , the hideousne of the men and women in the streets, jarred upon her. Vernon Lee, Mi Brown, vi. 3. grimly (grim'li), a . [ grimly , grymly (several times in connection with gost , ghost), AS . grimlic (= OFries. grimlik = OHG. grim lih = Icel. grimmligr ), grim , grim: see grim , a., and -ly1.] Grim; stern; dreadful. [Obso IMG:content-2681.png:[blocks in formation] grin1 (grin), v.; pret. and pp. grinned, ppr. grinning. [North. E. and Sc. transposed girn, gern; the act are the levator labii superior is and levator anguli or is. He looked as it were a wilde boor, He grynte with his teeth, so was he wroth. Chaucer , Summoner's Tale, 1. 461. The catte sterte vpon the hynder-feet, and grenned with his teth, and coveited the throte of the kynge. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 667. And many ther were slayn that lay grennynge on the grounde. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 209. Which when as Radigund their comming heard, Her heart for rage did grate and teeth did grin. Spenser, F. Q., V. iv. 37. Look how he grins! I've anger'd him to the kidneys. Fletcher (and another?), Nice Valour, iv. L Here grins the wolf as when he died. Scott, L. of the L., i. 27. Hence-2. To smile with a similar distortion of the features; exhibit derision, stupid admiration, embarra ment, or the like, by drawing back the lips from the teeth with a smiling expre ion. The slavering cudden, propp'd upon his staff, Stood ready gaping with a grinning laugh. Dryden, Cym. and Iph., 1. 180. Guido's self, Whose mean soul grins through this transparent trick- Be balked so far, defrauded of his aim! Browning , Ring and Book, L. 281. IMG:content-2682.png:[blocks in formation] 9. To study or learn by close application or hard work; master laboriously: as, to grind out a problem. [Colloq.] - An ax to grind. See ax1 . Ground gla . See gla . II. in trans. 1. To perform the act or opera- tion of grinding, grating, or harshly rubbing; turn a mill, a grindstone, or some similar ma- chine. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3443. Two shal be grindinge at the myll, and one shal be re- ceaued & the other shal be refused. Bible of 1551, Mat. xxiv. 41. Sleep, which had grown fitful in the London season, came back to us at once in our berths, unscared by the grinding of the screw. Froude, Sketches, p. 66. Habitually came a barrel-organist, and ground before the barracks. Howells, Venetian Life, ii. 2. To be grated or rubbed together: as, the jaws grind . Grind on the wakeful ear in the hush of the moonle nights. polished or sharpened by friction: as, marble or steel grinds readily.-5. To perform tedious and distasteful work; drudge; especially, to study hard; prepare for examination by close application. [College slang.] grin2+ (grin), n. [Sc. also green , grien ; early mod. E. also grynne, grenne; grin , gryn, grine, gryne, grene, greene (also grune , grone , grane (see also gnare )), grin , gryn, f., dial. (Ps.) also girn , giren , gyren , a snare. Connec--2. The sound of grinding or grating. tions unknown.] A snare or trap which snaps and closes when a certain part is touched. He's a fellow that grinds , and so he can't help getting some prizes. Take the millstones, and grind meal. Isa. xlvii. 2. 3. To wear down, smooth, or sharpen by fric- tion; give a smooth surface, edge, or point to, as by friction of a wheel or revolving stone; whet. I have ground the axe myself; do but you strike the Shak ., Pericles, i. 2. To secure perfect smoothne in motion, each rack and pinion is ground in. Sci . Amer ., N. S., 'LVIII. 258. 4. To grate or rub harshly together; grit. Then sore he grint and strayined his teeth apace. Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3267. Go charge my goblins that they grind their joints With dry convulsions; shorten up their sinews With aged cramps. Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 5. To set in motion or operate, as by turning a crank: as, to grind a coffee-mill; to grind a hand-organ.-6. To oppre by severe exac- tions; afflict with hardship or cruelty. They care not how they grind and misuse others, so they Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 208. manner. A pack of humbugs and quacks, that weren't fit to get their living, but by grinding Latin and Greek. Thackeray . Over the blare of trumpets, and the grind and crash of the collision, they arose. L. Wallace , Ben-Hur, p. 156. The perpetual grinds of the engine and the screw are unheard. Congregationalist, July 14, 1887. 3. Hard or tedious and distasteful work; con- stant employment; especially, in college slang , laborious study; close application to study. How wearily the grind of toil goes on Where love is wanting! Whittier , Life without an Atmosphere. It was a steady grind of body and brain, this work of starting. H. M. Stanley , Living stone's Life Work, p. 396. Who had but two weeks holiday in his yearly grind , Rebecca Harding Davis , in Congregationalist, [Aug. 11, 1887. 4. One who studies laboriously or with dogged application. [College slang.] -5. A piece of satire; a jest. [College slang.] -6. A satirist; an inveterate jester. [College slang.] Grindelia (grin-dēʻli-ä), n. [NL., named after Hieronymus Grindel (1776-1836), profe or of botany at Riga and Dorpat.] A genus of as- teroid composites, coarse herbs or sometimes shrubby, with rather large radiate terminal heads of yellow flowers, and with the foliage usually covered with a viscid balsamic secre- tion. There are about 25 species, found in the western United States, Mexico, and Chili. From the amount of viscid secretion covering them, they are often known as gum-plants. Several species have been used medicinally in asthma, bronchitis, poisoning by species of Rhus (as poison-ivy), and other complaints. grinder (grin'der), n. [ gryndere , a miller, grindere (Somner: not verified), grin- dan , grind: see grind .] 1. One who or that which grinds. (a) One who grinds corn; formerly, one who ground corn with a hand-mill. strong men shall bowe themselues, and the grinders shal Geneva Bible (1561), Eccles. xii. 4. (b) One of the double teeth used to grind or triturate the food; a molar; hence, a tooth in general. See molar . Dear Dr. Johnson loved a leg of pork, And on it often would his grinders work. O. Byrne, Artisan's Handbook, p. 112. A block grinding-block (grin'ding-blok), n. of rough or gritty material, such as emery, used for grinding hard bodies. grinding-clamp (grin'ding-klamp), n. An ad- just able clamp forming an e ential part of a form of grinder used for finishing cylindrical metal rods of medium size. It is attached to the rest of the grinder by a pair of binding-screws, and held at the proper distance by a pair of set-screws, the rod be- ing held between the clamp and the other part of the grinder. Sometimes the grinder of this form is itself called a grinding-clamp. (e) A grinding-machine; any implement or tool for grind- See grinding - bed , grinding -bench. ing or polishing: as, an emery grinder . Thy hinds to exercise the pointed steel On the hard rock, and give a wheely form To the expected grinder . J. Philips , Cider. 2. The dish-washer or restle flycatcher, Sei- sura in quiet a. See Seisura . [Australia.] -3. The night-jar, Caprimulgus europæus , more fully called knife- , razor- , or sci or - grinder , from the