'Grinder's rot' definitions:
Definition of 'Grinder's rot'
From: GCIDE
- Rot \Rot\, n.
- 1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below. [1913 Webster]
- 3. [Cf. G. rotz glanders.] A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2. [1913 Webster]
- His cattle must of rot and murrain die. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Bitter rot (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the fungus Glaeosporium fructigenum. --F. L. Scribner.
- Black rot (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus {Laestadia Bidwellii}. --F. L. Scribner.
- Dry rot (Bot.) See under Dry.
- Grinder's rot (Med.) See under Grinder.
- Potato rot. (Bot.) See under Potato.
- White rot (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniothyrium diplodiella. --F. L. Scribner. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Grinder's rot'
From: GCIDE
- Grinder \Grind"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, grinds. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) 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.
- 4. A submarine sandwich. [local, U.S.]
- Syn: submarine, hoagie. [PJC]
- Grinder's asthma, Grinder's phthisis, or Grinder's rot (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding. [1913 Webster]