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A reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in that from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary pigment.

and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x. I knew that they were the cherubim. Ezek. x. 20. He rode upon a cherub and did fly. Ps. xviii. 10.

Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic. "The cherubic host." Milton.

The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim.

Cherubic; angelic. [Obs.] Shak.

To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel. Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. L'Estrange.

One who drubs. Sir W. Scott.

To rub and cleanse without wetting. Dodsley.

The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.

Red, or reddish; blushing. Johnson.

See Bornite.

See Turbinal. -- n.

To rub up: to furbish. [Obs.] Beau. c& Et.

To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge. They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin. Hare.

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

To feel or grope in the dark. [Obs.] Dryden.

Dirty; unclean. [Colloq.] The grubby game of marbles. Lond. Sat. Rev.

See Grub, n., 1. And gnats and grubworms crowded on his view. C. Smart.

A body formed from bilirubin, identical with urobilin.

. See Caoutchouc.