Part 5004

<h1>Grub</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grub</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See <it>Illust.</it> of <cref>Goldsmith beetle</cref>, under <er>Goldsmith</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Yet your butterfly was a <b>grub</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A short, thick man; a dwarf.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Carew.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Victuals; food.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Grub ax</col> &or; <col>axe</col>, <cd>a kind of mattock used in grubbing up roots, etc.</cd> -- <col>Grub breaker</col>. <cd>Same as <er>Grub hook</er> (<i>below</i>).</cd> -- <col>Grub hoe</col>, <cd>a heavy hoe for grubbing.</cd> -- <col>Grub hook</col>, <cd>a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps, breaking roots, etc.</cd> -- <col>Grub saw</col>, <cd>a handsaw used for sawing marble.</cd> -- <col>Grub Street</col>, <cd>a street in London (now called <altname>Milton Street</altname>), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems, whence any mean production is called <i>grubstreet<i>." As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production of, Grub Street.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>I 'd sooner ballads write, and <b>grubstreet</b> lays. <i>Gap.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grubber</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grub"ber</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, .grub hook, etc.</def>

<h1>Grubbla</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grub"bla</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[Freq. of <ets>grub</ets>, but cf. <ets>grabble</ets>.]</ety> <def>To feel or grope in the dark.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Grubby</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grub"by</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Grub</er>.]</ety> <def>Dirty; unclean.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>grubby</b> game of marbles. <i>Lond. Sat. Rev.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grubby</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grub"by</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any species of <spn>Cottus</spn>; a sculpin.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Grubworm</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grub"worm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Grub</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1.</def>

<blockquote>And gnats and <b>grubworms</b> crowded on his view. <i>C. Smart.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grucche</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grucche</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Grudge</er>.]</ety> <def>To murmur; to grumble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>What aileth you, thus for <b>grucche</b> and groan. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grudge</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grudge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Grudger</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Grudging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>grutchen</ets>, <ets>gruchen</ets>, <ets>grochen</ets>, to murmur, grumble, OF. <ets>grochier</ets>, <ets>grouchier</ets>, <ets>grocier</ets>, <ets>groucier</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>krytja</ets> to murmur, <ets>krutr</ets> a murmur, or E. <ets>grunt</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects.</def>

<blockquote>Tis not in thee To <b>grudge</b> my pleasures, to cut off my train. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>