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restless thrush

Grinder \Grind"er\, n.

  1. One who, or that which, grinds.

  2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.

  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.

    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.