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n. The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything. Whole Duty of Man. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chagrined p. pr. & vb. n. Chargrining. ] [ Cf. F. chagriner See Chagrin, n. ] To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. chagrin shagreen, a particular kind of rough and grained leather; also a rough fishskin used for graters and files; hence (Fig.), a gnawing, corroding grief. See Shagreen. ] Vexation; mortification. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than hope and satisfaction. Richard Porson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. Pope.

Syn. -- Vexation; mortification; peevishness; fretfulness; disgust; disquiet. Chagrin, Vexation, Mortification. These words agree in the general sense of pain produced by untoward circumstances. Vexation is a feeling of disquietude or irritating uneasiness from numerous causes, such as losses, disappointments, etc. Mortification is a stronger word, and denotes that keen sense of pain which results from wounded pride or humiliating occurrences. Chagrin is literally the cutting pain produced by the friction of Shagreen leather; in its figurative sense, it varies in meaning, denoting in its lower degrees simply a state of vexation, and its higher degrees the keenest sense of mortification.

“Vexation arises chiefly from our wishes and views being crossed: mortification, from our self-importance being hurt; chagrin, from a mixture of the two.” Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be vexed or annoyed. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Chagrined. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. feeling vexed, especially due to feeling inferior or unworthy and hence embarrassed; as, chagrined at the poor sales of his book.
Syn. -- embarrassed, mortified. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. grin. ] A snare; a gin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Like a bird that hasteth to his grin. Remedy of Love. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Grinned p. pr. & vb. n. Grinning. ] [ OE. grinnen, grennen, AS. grennian, Sw. grina; akin to D. grijnen, G. greinen, OHG. grinan, Dan. grine. √35. Cf. Groan. ] 1. To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pangs of death do make him grin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To express by grinning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grinned horrible a ghastly smile. Milton.

n. The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile. I.Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

He showed twenty teeth at a grin. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ground p. pr. & vb. n. Grinding. ] [ AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind. Cf. Grist. ] 1. To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones. [ 1913 Webster ]

Take the millstones, and grind meal. Is. xivii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To oppress by severe exactions; to harass. [ 1913 Webster ]

To grind the subject or defraud the prince. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To study hard for examination; -- commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies. [ College Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones. [ 1913 Webster ]

Send thee
Into the common prison, there to grind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination. Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study. [ Colloq. ] T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A student that studies hard; a dig; a wonk. [ College Slang ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

obs. p. p. of Grind. Ground. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. Named after D. H. Grindel, a Russian. ] (Med.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, grinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes.

4. A submarine sandwich. [ local, U.S. ]
Syn. -- submarine, hoagie. [ PJC ]

Grinder's asthma,
Grinder's phthisis, or
Grinder's rot (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Leather workers' materials. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Grindery warehouse, a shop where leather workers' materials and tools are kept on sale. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Grind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grinding frame, an English name for a cotton spinning machine. --
Grinding mill. (a) A mill for grinding grain. (b) A lapidary's lathe. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a grinding manner. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The bowfin; -- called also Johnny Grindle. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A grindstone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small drain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hold one's nose to the grindstone,
To bring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude. --
To put one's nose to the grindstone (a) to oppress one; to cause one to work hard and steadily. (b) to set oneself to a long and arduous task. --
To keep one's nose to the grindstone to continue at a long and arduous task; to apply oneself steadily to one's duties. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

They might be ashamed, for lack of courage, to suffer the Lacedæmonians to hold their noses to the grindstone. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Amer. Sp., fr. Sp. gringo gibberish; cf. griego Greek, F. grigou wretch. ] Among Spanish Americans, a foreigner, especially an American or sometimes an Englishman; -- often used disparagingly or as a term of reproach. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who grins. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a grinning manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3d pers. sing. pres. of Grind, contr. from grindeth. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. imp. of Grin, v. i., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] grinte with his teeth, so was he wroth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Grinding. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being hungry; a need for food.
Syn. -- hunger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An intense desire. [ PJC ]

n. [ From Gr. &unr_; moist. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves (Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil, having a pungent taste and odor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. niger black: cf. F. nigrine. ] (Min.) A ferruginous variety of rutile. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Peregrine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is afficted with pellagra. Chambers's Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. peregrinatus, p. p. of peregrinari to travel. See Pilgrim. ] To travel from place to place, or from one country to another; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. peregrinatus, p. p. ] Having traveled; foreign. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. peregrinatio: cf. F. pérégrination. ] A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; sojourn in foreign countries. “His peregrination abroad.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who peregrinates; one who travels about. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. peregrinus. See Pilgrim. ] Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. [ Spelt also pelegrine. ] “Peregrine and preternatural heat.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peregrine falcon (Zool.), a courageous and swift falcon (Falco peregrinus), remarkable for its wide distribution over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks, white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and great-footed hawk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The peregrine falcon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. peregrinitas: cf. F. pérégrinité. ] 1. Foreignness; strangeness. [ Obs. ] “Somewhat of a peregrinity in their dialect.” Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Travel; wandering. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From NL. Sinapis nigra. ] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the tanagers. [ 1913 Webster ]