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. Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind With all thy charms, although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. Milton. Sweetest nurind. Shak.

A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain.

A small water course or gutter. Ash.

Destitute of a rind.

Having a rind or skin. Ash.

Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled. "Three brinded cows," Dryden. "The brinded cat." Shak.

The state of being brindled.

Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded. "With a brindled lion played." Churchill.

See Corrundum.

nto small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones. Take the millstones, and grind meal. Is. xivii. 2.

Ground. Sir W. Scott.

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

One who, or that which, grinds.

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

from Grind. Grinding frame, an English name for a cotton spinning machine. -- Grinding mill. (a) A mill for grinding grain. (b) A lapidary's lathe.

In a grinding manner. [Colloq.]

The bowfin; -- called also Johnny Grindle. [Local, U. S.]

A grindstone. [Obs.]

A small drain.

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…