Part 4981

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Grimme</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grimme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. grimme.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A West African antelope (<spn>Cephalophus rufilotus</spn>) of a deep bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called also <altname>conquetoon</altname>.</def>

<h1>Grimness</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grim"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. grimnes.]</ety> <def>Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.</def>

<h1>Grimsir</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grim"sir</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A stern man.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Grimy</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grim"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Grimier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; superl. Grimiest.]</wordforms> <def>Full of grime; begrimed; dirty; foul.</def>

<h1>Grin</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>grin</ets>.]</ety> <def>A snare; a gin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Like a bird that hasteth to his <b>grin</b>. <i>Remedy of Love.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grin</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grin</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Grinned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Grinning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>grinnen</ets>, <ets>grennen</ets>, AS. <ets>grennian</ets>, Sw. <ets>grina</ets>; akin to D. <ets>grijnen</ets>, G. <ets>greinen</ets>, OHG. <ets>grinan</ets>, Dan. <ets>grine</ets>. <?/35. Cf. <er>Groan</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To show the teeth, as a dog; to shsrl.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, acorn, or pain.</def>

<blockquote>The pangs of death do make him <b>grin</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grin</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grin</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To express by grinning.</def>

<blockquote><b>Grinned</b> horrible a ghastly smile.Milton.

<h1>Grin</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grin</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or smeering smile.</def>

<i>I.Watts.</i>

<blockquote>He showed twenty teeth at a <b>grin</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grind</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grind</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ground</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Grinding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>grindan</ets>; perh. akin to L. <ets>frendere</ets> to gnash, grind. Cf. <er>Grist</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.</def>

<blockquote>Take the millstones, and <b>grind</b> meal. <i>Is. xivii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.</def>