Definition of grub

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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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Assart :: Assart (n.) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest..
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.) A griping of the intestines; colic.
Assart :: Assart (v. t.) To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees..
Grubber :: Grubber (n.) One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc..
Mulligrubs :: Mulligrubs (n.) Hence, sullenness; the sulks..
Grubbed :: Grubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Gru.
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..
Indigrubin :: Indigrubin (n.) Same as Urrhodin.
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..
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.
Sneak :: Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
Grub :: Grub (n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith..
Mattock :: Mattock (n.) An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax..
Flagworm :: Flagworm (n.) A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
Grubbing :: Grubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gru.
Grugru Worm :: Grugru worm () The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy..
Grub :: Grub (n.) Victuals; food.
Stub :: Stub (v. t.) To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots..
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