Definition of grub

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Grub (v. i.) To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging..

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Assart :: Assart (v. t.) To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees..
Grubbed :: Grubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Gru.
Grub :: Grub (v. i.) To drudge; to do menial work.
Caseworm :: Caseworm (n.) A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.
Grub :: Grub (v. t.) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge..
Grub :: Grub (v. i.) To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging..
Grub :: Grub (n.) A short, thick man; a dwarf..
Grubby :: Grubby (n.) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.
Mulligrubs :: Mulligrubs (n.) Hence, sullenness; the sulks..
Grub :: Grub (v. t.) To supply with food.
Flagworm :: Flagworm (n.) A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
Urrhodin :: Urrhodin (n.) Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called indigrubin..
Assart :: Assart (n.) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest..
Grub :: Grub (n.) Victuals; food.
Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
Wireworm :: Wireworm (n.) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub..
Ladyfish :: Ladyfish (n.) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabe..
Grubbing :: Grubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gru.
Grubbla :: Grubbla (v. t. & i.) To feel or grope in the dark.
Sneak :: Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
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