GRINDING
GRINDING, participle present tense Reducing to powder by friction; triturating; levitating; chewing.1. Making sharp; making smooth or polishing by friction.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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GRINDSTONE
GRIND'STONE, noun A sandstone used for grinding or sharpening tools.Stone, used by old writers, is obsolete.
GRINNER
GRIN'NER, noun [See Grin.] One that grins.
GRINNING
GRIN'NING, participle present tense Closing the teeth and showing them, as in laughter; a showing of the teeth.
GRINNINGLY
GRIN'NINGLY, adverb With a grinning laugh.
GRIP
GRIP, noun The griffon. [Not in use.]GRIP, noun A grasp; a holding fast.GRIP, noun A small ditch or furrow. [Not used in America.]GRIP, verb transitive To trench; to drain. [Not...
GRIPE
GRIPE, verb transitive [Latin rapio.]1. To seize; to grasp; to catch with the hand, and to clasp closely with the fingers.2. To hold fast; to hold with the fingers closely press...
GRIPER
GRIPER, noun One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.
GRIPING
GRIPING, participle present tense Grasping; seizing; holding fast; pinching; oppressing; distressing the bowels.GRIPING, noun A pinching or grasp; a distressing pain of the bowe...
GRIPINGLY
GRIPINGLY, adverb With a pain in the bowels.
GRIPPLE
GRIP'PLE, adjective [from gripe.] Griping; greedy; covetous; unfeeling.1. Grasping fast; tenacious.
GRIPPLENESS
GRIP'PLENESS, noun Covetousness.
GRIS
GRIS, noun A kind of fur.
GRISAMBER
GRISAMBER, used by Milton for ambergris.
GRISE
GRISE, noun [Latin gressus.] A step, or scale of steps.1. A swine.
GRISETTE
GRISETTE, noun griset'. A tradesman's wife or daughter. [Not used.]
GRISKIN
GRIS'KIN, noun [See Grise.] The spine of a hog. [Not in use.]
GRISLY
GRIS'LY, adjective s as z. Frightful; horrible; terrible; as grisly locks; a grisly countenance; a grisly face; a grisly specter; a grisly bear.
GRISONS
GRIS'ONS, noun Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss alps.
GRIST
GRIST, noun1. Properly, that which is ground; hence, corn ground; but in common usage, it signifies corn for grinding, or that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is c...
GRISTLE
GRIS'TLE, noun gris'l. [Latin cartil, in cartilago; cartil for cratil; Gr. strong.] A cartilage; a smooth, solid, elastic substance in animal bodies, chiefly in those parts wher...
GRISTLY
GRIST'LY, adjective Consisting of gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous; as the gristly rays of fins connected by membranes.
GRISTMILL
GRIST'MILL, noun A mill for grinding grain.
GRIT
GRIT, noun1. The coarse part of meal.2. Oats hulled, or coarsely ground; written also groats.3. Sand or gravel; rough hard particles.4. Sandstone; stone composed of particles of...
GRITH
GRITH, noun Agreement. [Not in use.]
GRITSTONE
GRIT'STONE, noun [See Grit.]
GRITTINESS
GRIT'TINESS, noun The quality of containing grit or consisting of grit, sand or small hard, rough particles of stone.