v. t.
Take the millstones, and grind meal. Is. xivii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
To grind the subject or defraud the prince. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Send thee
Into the common prison, there to grind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
obs. p. p.
‖n. [ NL. Named after D. H. Grindel, a Russian. ] (Med.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (
n.
Grinder's asthma,
Grinder's phthisis,
Grinder's rot
n. Leather workers' materials. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Grindery warehouse,
a. & n. from Grind. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grinding frame,
Grinding mill.
adv. In a grinding manner. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The bowfin; -- called also
A grindstone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A small drain. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects. [ 1913 Webster ]
To hold one's nose to the grindstone,
To bring one's nose to the grindstone
To put one's nose to the grindstone
To keep one's nose to the grindstone
They might be ashamed, for lack of courage, to suffer the Lacedæmonians to hold their noses to the grindstone. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]