*grim*

n. See Algorism. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augrim stones, pebbles formerly used in numeration. --
Noumbres of Augrim, Arabic numerals. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Begrimed p. pr. & vb. n. Begriming. ] To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in. [ 1913 Webster ]

Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, begrimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Corrupted fr. agrimony. ] (Bot.) The herb agrimony. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aegrimonia. ] Sorrow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Grimmer superl. Grimmest ] [ AS. grim; akin to G. grimm, equiv. to G. & D. grimmig, Dan. grim, grum, Sw. grym, Icel. grimmr, G. gram grief, as adj., hostile; cf. Gr. &unr_;, a crushing sound, &unr_; to neigh. ] Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose grim aspect sets every joint a-shaking. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ridges of grim war. Milton.

Syn.-- Fierce; ferocious; furious; horrid; horrible; frightful; ghastly; grisly; hideous; stern; sullen; sour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. grīma mask, specter, Icel. grīma mask, hood, perh. akin to E. grin. ] A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moving his face into such a hideous grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in Dryden's ‘Marriage a-la-Mode, ’ as innovations in our language, are now in common use: chagrin, double-entendre, éclaircissement, embarras, équivoque, foible, grimace, naïvete, ridicule. All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use.” I. Disraeli. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. H. Martineau. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Distorted; crabbed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For graymalkin; gray + malkin. ] 1. An old cat, especially a she-cat. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bad-tempered old woman. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. Dan. grim, griim, lampblack, soot, grime, Icel. grīma mask, sort of hood, OD. grijmsel, grimsel, soot, smut, and E. grimace. ] Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To sully or soil deeply; to dirt. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a grimy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being grimy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Grim; hideous; stern. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In glided Margaret's grimly ghost,
And stood at William's feet. D. Mallet. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a grim manner; fiercely. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. grimme. ] (Zool.) A West African antelope (Cephalophus rufilotus) of a deep bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called also conquetoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. grimnes. ] Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stern man. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Grimier superl. Grimiest. ] Full of grime; begrimed; dirty; foul. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;- half + &unr_; skull. See Hemi- and Cranium, and cf. Hemicrania, Migraine. ] 1. A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head; now more commonly called migraine headache or migraine. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits. [ 1913 Webster ]

These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Far.) A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zool.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pilgrim, pelgrim, pilegrim, pelegrim; cf. D. pelgrim, OHG. piligrīm, G. pilger, F. pèlerin, It. pellegrino; all fr. L. peregrinus a foreigner, fr. pereger abroad; per through + ager land, field. See Per-, and Acre, and cf. Pelerine, Peregrine. ] 1. A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Heb. xi. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer. P. Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages. “With pilgrim steps.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pilgrim fathers, a name popularly given to the one hundred and two English colonists who landed from the Mayflower and made the first settlement in New England at Plymouth in 1620. They were separatists from the Church of England, and most of them had sojourned in Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To journey; to wander; to ramble. [ R. ] Grew. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pilgrimage, pelgrinage; cf. F. pèlerinage. ] 1. The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The days of the years of my pilgrimage. Gen. xlvii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tedious and wearisome time. [ 1913 Webster ]

In prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Journey; tour; excursion. See Journey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]