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<h1>Grundsel</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grundsel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Grounsel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Grunt</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grunt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Grunted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Grunting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>grunten</ets>; akin to As. <ets>grunian</ets>, G. <ets>grunzen</ets>, Dan. <ets>grynte</ets>, Sw. <ets>grymta</ets>; all prob. of imitative; or perh. akin to E. <ets>groan</ets>.]</ety> To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

<blockquote>Who would fardels bear, To <b>grunt</b> and sweat under a weary life. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Grunting ox</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the yak.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Grunt</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Grunt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus <spn>H\'91mulon</spn>, allied to the snappers, <as>as, the black grunt (<spn>A. Plumieri</spn>), and the redmouth grunt (<spn>H. aurolineatus</spn>), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera <spn>Pomadasys</spn>, <spn>Orthopristis</spn>, and <spn>Pristopoma</spn>. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken.</def>

<h1>Grunter</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Grunt"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog.</def> "Bristled grunters."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of several American marine fishes. See <er>Sea robin</er>, and <er>Grunt</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Brass Founding)</fld> <def>A hook used in lifting a crucible.</def>

<h1>Gruntingly</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Grunt"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a grunting manner.</def>

<h1>Gruatle</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Grua"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Freq. of <ets>grunt</ets>.]</ety> <def>To grunt; to grunt repeatedly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gruntling</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Grunt"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A young hog.</def>

<h1>Grutch</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Grutch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v.</tt> <def>See <er>Grudge</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Gruy\'8are cheese</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Gru"y\'8are` cheese</hw><def>\'b6 (<?/). A kind of cheese made at <i>Gruy\'8are</i>, <i>Switzerland</i>. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as <i>Schweitzerk\'84se</i>.</def>

<h1>Gry</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Gry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr <?/ syllable, bit.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A measure equal to one tenth of a line.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>