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Grind (?), v. i. 1. To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.

Send thee Into the common prison, there to grind.

Milton.

2. To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.

3. To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.

4. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

5. To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination. Farrar.

Grind, n. 1. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

2. Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study. [Colloq.] T. Hughes.

3. A hard student; a dig. [College Slang]

Grind"ed, obs. p. p. of Grind. Ground. Sir W. Scott.

||Grin*de"li*a (?), n. [NL. Named after D. H. Grindel, a Russian.] ||(Med.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a ||remedy in asthma and bronchitis.

Grind"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, grinds.

2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.

3. (Zoˆl.) The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes.

Grinder's asthma, phthisis, or rot (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding.

Grind"er*y (?), n. Leather workers' materials. [Eng.]

Grindery warehouse, a shop where leather workers' materials and tools are kept on sale. [Eng.]

Grind"ing, a. & n. from Grind.

Grinding frame, an English name for a cotton spinning machine. -- Grinding mill. (a) A mill for grinding grain. (b) A lapidary's lathe.

Grind"ing*ly, adv. In a grinding manner. [Colloq.]

Grin"dle (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The bowfin; -- called also Johnny Grindle. [Local, U. S.]

Grin"dle stone" (?). A grindstone. [Obs.]

Grind"let (?), n. A small drain.

Grind"stone` (?), n. A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects.

To hold, pat, or bring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude.

They might be ashamed, for lack of courage, to suffer the LacedÊmonians to hold their noses to the grindstone.

Sir T. North.