grub

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• Grub

  ·noun Victuals; food. II. Grub ·vt To supply with food. III. Grub ·noun A short, thick man; a dwar...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• grub

  Victuals. To grub; to dine. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• grub

  v. to clear (ground) of the roots. Togrub has long been English for to dig up by the roots. It isAu...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• grub

  Food; victuals.--Grose. The Bengalese, in cool apparel, Meanwhile have reached their pic-nic bar...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Grub, George

  (1812-1892) Historian, was b. in Old Aberdeen, and ed. at King's Coll. there. He studied law, and w...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Grub Street

  See Milton Street. Not properly Grub Street any further than the Post and Chain ; the other part in...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• grub street

  A street near Moorfields, formerly the supposed habitation of many persons who wrote for the booksel...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fresh grub

  The refreshments obtained in harbour. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• grub-trap

  A vulgarism for the mouth. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• grub street news

  Lying intelligence. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Bell Inn, Grub Street

  See Bell Alley1, Grub Street. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Maidenhead Alley, Grub Street

  See Maidenhead Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Little Bell Alley, Grub Street

  See Bell Alley. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Soldiers' Court, Grub Street, Cripplegate

  See Nag's Head Inn. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.