GRINDER

grinder. Grinder, n. one who or what grinds, a back-tooth

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Grind″er (?), n. 1. 1. One who, or that which, grinds.
2. 2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.
3. 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.