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One who, or that which, grinds.

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  1. n. One who, or that which, grinds.
  2. n. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.
  3. n. 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. n. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
  5. n. grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
  6. n. machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
  7. n. a machine tool that polishes metal
  8. 1. One who, or that which, grinds. 2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar. 3. (Zoöl.) 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. Grinder's asthma, phthisis, or rot (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding.
  9. The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; --called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noiselike a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes. Grinder's asthma,phthisis, or rot (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanicalirritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in theoperation of grinding.
  10. n:100 n. a machine tool that polishes metal