n.
Yet your butterfly was a grub. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grub ax
Grub axe
Grub breaker.
Grub hoe,
Grub hook,
Grub saw,
Grub Street,
v. i.
v. t.
They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. [ Freq. of grub, but cf. grabble. ] To feel or grope in the dark. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Grub. ] Dirty; unclean. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The grubby game of marbles. Lond. Sat. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Any species of
n. (Zool.) See Grub, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
And gnats and grubworms crowded on his view. C. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]