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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..

Sneak :: Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.

Assart :: Assart (v. t.) To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees..

Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.

Mulligrubs :: Mulligrubs (n.) Hence, sullenness; the sulks..

Larva :: Larva (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, et

Flagworm :: Flagworm (n.) A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.

Mulligrubs :: Mulligrubs (n.) A griping of the intestines; colic.

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..

Undergrub :: Undergrub (v. t.) To undermine.

Grubby :: Grubby (a.) Dirty; unclean.

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..

Caseworm :: Caseworm (n.) A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.

Grubworm :: Grubworm (n.) See Grub, n., 1..

Grub :: Grub (v. i.) To drudge; to do menial work.

Indigrubin :: Indigrubin (n.) Same as Urrhodin.

Grubbing :: Grubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gru.

Grubby :: Grubby (n.) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.

Hornbug :: Hornbug (n.) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees..

Grub :: Grub (n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith..

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