grinder
grinder is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.
- 2.(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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedarian
- adviser
- apostle
- bear
- chalk
- clergy
- coach
- crammer
- dame
- director
- disciplinarian
- dominie
- don
- dry
- duenna
- example
- expositor
- for
- governess
- governor
- guide
- guru
- imitation
- institutor
- instructor
- leader
- lecturer
- master
- mentor
- missionary
- model
- monitor
- nurse
- pastor
- pedagogue
- pioneer
- preacher
- preceptor
- prelector
- professor
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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