Griddlecake to Grindery
Griddlecake
(Grid"dle*cake`) n. A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat
or common flour.
Gride
(Gride) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grided; p. pr. & vb. n. Griding.] [For gird, properly, to strike with a
rod. See Yard a measure, and cf. Grid to strike, sneer.] To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate
or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword. Milton.
That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride.
Spenser. Gride
(Gride), n. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown.
On wigwam log, and tree, and stone.
Whittier. Gridelin
(Grid"e*lin) n. [F. gris de lin gray of flax, flax gray.] A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray
violet. [Written also gredaline, grizelin.] Dryden.
Gridiron
(Grid"i`ron) n. [OE. gredire, gredirne, from the same source as E. griddle, but the ending
was confused with E. iron. See Griddle.]
1. A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.
2. (Naut.) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
Gridiron pendulum. See under Pendulum. — Gridiron valve (Steam Engine), a slide valve with
several parallel perforations corresponding to openings in the seat on which the valve moves.
Grief
(Grief) n. [OE. grief, gref, OF. grief, gref, F. grief, L. gravis heavy; akin to Gr. bary`s, Skr.
guru, Goth. kaúrus. Cf. Barometer, Grave, a., Grieve, Gooroo.]
1. Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune,
loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
The mother was so afflicted at the loss of a fine boy, . . . that she died for grief of it.
Addison. 2. Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.
Be factious for redress of all these griefs.
Shak. 3. Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady. [R.]
This grief (cancerous ulcers) hastened the end of that famous mathematician, Mr. Harriot.
Wood. To come to grief, to meet with calamity, accident, defeat, ruin, etc., causing grief; to turn out badly.
[Colloq.]
Syn. — Affiction; sorrow; distress; sadness; trial; grievance. Grief, Sorrow, Sadness. Sorrow is the
generic term; grief is sorrow for some definite cause — one which commenced, at least, in the past; sadness
is applied to a permanent mood of the mind. Sorrow is transient in many cases; but the grief of a mother
for the loss of a favorite child too often turns into habitual sadness. "Grief is sometimes considered as
synonymous with sorrow; and in this case we speak of the transports of grief. At other times it expresses
more silent, deep, and painful affections, such as are inspired by domestic calamities, particularly by the
loss of friends and relatives, or by the distress, either of body or mind, experienced by those whom we
love and value." Cogan. See Affliction.
Griefful
(Grief"ful) a. Full of grief or sorrow. Sackville.
Griefless
(Grief"less), a. Without grief. Huloet.
