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Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons.

Marvell.

2. To torment, as if by broiling. Dickens.

Gril*lade" (&?;), n. [F. See Grill, v. t.] The act of grilling; also, that which is grilled.

Gril"lage (?), n. [F.] (Hydraulic Eagin.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.

||Grille (?), a. [F. See Grill, v. t.] A lattice or grating.

The grille which formed part of the gate.

L. Oliphant.

Gril"ly (?), v. t. [See Grill, v. t.] To broil; to grill; hence, To harass. [Obs.] Hudibras.

Grilse (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoˆl.) A young salmon after its first return from the sea.

Grim (?), a. [Compar. Grimmer (-mer); 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. &?;, a crushing sound, &?; to neigh.] Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.

Whose grim aspect sets every joint a- shaking.

Shak.

The ridges of grim war.

Milton.

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

Gri*mace" (gr*ms"), n. [F., prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. grma mask, specter, Icel. grma 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, Èclaircissement, embarras, Èquivoque, foible, grimace, naÔvete, ridicule. All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use." I. Disraeli. [1913 Webster]

Gri*mace", v. i. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. H. Martineau.

Gri*maced" (?), a. Distorted; crabbed.

Gri*mal"kin (?), n. [For graymalkin; gray + malkin.] An old cat, esp. a she-cat. J. Philips.

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

Grime, v. t. To sully or soil deeply; to dirt. Shak.

Grim"i*ly (?), adv. In a grimy manner.

Grim"i*ness n. The state of being grimy.

Grim"ly (?), a. Grim; hideous; stern. [R.]