grunter | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Grunter
·noun A hook used in lifting a crucible. II. Grunter ·noun One who, or that which, grunts; specific...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
grunter
1) (Genus, pogonias. Cuvier.) One of the popular names of the fish called by naturalists the Banded ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
grunter
A name of the Pogonias of Cuvier (a fish also termed the banded drum and young sheepskin); and sever...

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