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Grim; hideous; stern. [R.] In glided Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. D. Mallet.

rufilotus) of a deep bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called also conquetoon.

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

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 Lacedæmonians to hold their noses to th…

Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossular garnet.

on (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of pigeons which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), of the Samoan Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See Goura, and Ground dove (above). -- Ground pine. (Bot.) (a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus Ajuga (A. Chamæpitys), form…

A tool with a hardened steel point, formerly used instead of a diamond for cutting glass.

One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, .grub hook, etc.

l or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right. Satan had not answer, but stood struck With guilt of his own sin. Milton.

Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with). Such gardening tools, as art, yet rude, Guiltless of fire, had formed. Milton. -- Guilt"less*ly, adv. -- Guilt"less*ness, n.

A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.

Pleasant to the taste; toothsome; savory. A gustable thing, seen or smelt, excites the appetite, and affects the glands and parts of the mouth. Derham.

ium), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. -- Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.

pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon. Tatler.

a farm hand; an old hand at speaking. A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. Locke. I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. Hazlitt.

That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool. South. To give a handle, to furnish an occasion or means.

r; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume.

causes they brought unto Moses. Ex. xviii. 26. In which are some things hard to be understood. 2 Peter iii. 16.

One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools.

made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow. -- Drill harrow. See under 6th Drill. -- Under the harrow, subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.