| grinder | 1. One who, or that which, grinds. 2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar. 3. <zoology> 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. <medicine> Grinder's asthma, phthisis, or rot, a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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