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Not perplexed; having a mind free from care. Bacon.

Ground. Sir W. Scott.

The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.

a; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes. Grinder's asthma, phthisis, or rot (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding.

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

Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious. Milner. -- Heav"en*ly*mind`ed*ness, n.

Proud; arrogant. [Obs.] Be not high-minded, but fear. Rom. xi. 20.

The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.

A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. [U. S.]

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse. He was in the hinder part of the ship. Mark iv. 38.

Same as Hindrance.

One who, or that which, hinders.

Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.] Callander.

Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2.

Ill-disposed. Byron.

The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction. Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands. Shak.

A school for young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garde…

One who teaches in a kindergarten.

Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate. -- Light"-mind`ed*ness, n.