Grind"er (?), n.
1. One who,
or that which, grinds.
2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.
3. (Zoöl.) The restless flycatcher
(Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise
like a scissors grinder, to which the
name alludes.
Grinder's asthma, phthisis, or rot (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding.
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