or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are
fast in growth. Shak.
2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result.
Nature multiplies her fertile growth.
Milton. Growthead
(Growt"head`) n. [Lit., greathead.] A lazy person; a blockhead. [Obs.] Tusser.
Growthful
(Growth"ful) a. Having capacity of growth. [R.] J. Hamilton.
Groyne
(Groyne) n. [Obs.] See Groin.
Grozing iron
(Gro"zing i"ron)
1. A tool with a hardened steel point, formerly used instead of a diamond for cutting glass.
2. (Plumbing) A tool for smoothing the solder joints of lead pipe. Knight.
Grub
(Grub) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grubbed p. pr. & vb. n. Grubbing ] [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab,
grope.]
1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied
in digging.
2. To drudge; to do menial work. Richardson.
Grub
(Grub), v. t.
1. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; — followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or
sedge.
They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin.
Hare. 2. To supply with food. [Slang] Dickens.
Grub
(Grub), n.
1. (Zoöl.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; — called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith
beetle, under Goldsmith.
Yet your butterfly was a grub.
Shak. 2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] Carew.
3. Victuals; food. [Slang] Halliwell.
Grub ax or axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing up roots, etc. — Grub breaker. Same as Grub
hook — Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing. — Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting
stumps, breaking roots, etc. — Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble. — Grub Street, a
street in London (now called Milton Street), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by writers of
small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet." As
an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production of, Grub Street.
I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
Gap.
