Part 4982

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>grind</b> the subject or defraud the prince. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To study hard for examination.</def> <mark>[College Slang]</mark>

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<hw>Grind</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.</def>

<blockquote>Send thee Into the common prison, there to <b>grind</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To become ground or pulverized by friction; <as>as, this corn <ex>grinds</ex> well</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To become polished or sharpened by friction; <as>as, glass <ex>grinds</ex> smooth; steel <ex>grinds</ex> to a sharp edge.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination. <i>Farrar.</i></def>

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<hw>Grind</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>T. Hughes.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A hard student; a dig.</def> <mark>[College Slang]</mark>

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<hw>Grind"ed</hw>, <mark>obs.</mark> <tt>p. p.</tt> <mord>of <er>Grind</er><mord>. <def>Ground.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott. </i>

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<hw>Grin*de"li*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. Named after D. H. <ets>Grindel</ets>, a Russian.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (<spn>Grindelia</spn>), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.</def>

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<hw>Grind"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, grinds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The restless flycatcher (<spn>Seisura inquieta</spn>) of Australia; -- called also <altname>restless thrush</altname> and <altname>volatile thrush</altname>. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes.</def>

<cs><col>Grinder's asthma, phthisis, &or; rot</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Grind"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Leather workers' materials.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<cs><col>Grindery warehouse</col>, <cd>a shop where leather workers' materials and tools are kept on sale. <mark>[Eng.]</mark></cd></cs>