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Definition: Seisura inquieta
Grinder
\Grind"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, grinds.
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2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the
food; a molar.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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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.
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