Definition of grub

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Grub (v. i.) To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging..

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Mulligrubs :: Mulligrubs (n.) A griping of the intestines; colic.
Grub :: Grub (v. t.) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge..
Grub :: Grub (v. t.) To supply with food.
Sneak :: Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
Grubber :: Grubber (n.) One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc..
Undergrub :: Undergrub (v. t.) To undermine.
Grub :: Grub (n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith..
Indigrubin :: Indigrubin (n.) Same as Urrhodin.
Hornbug :: Hornbug (n.) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees..
Grubbing :: Grubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gru.
Grugru Worm :: Grugru worm () The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy..
Flagworm :: Flagworm (n.) A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
Grubby :: Grubby (a.) Dirty; unclean.
Ladyfish :: Ladyfish (n.) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabe..
Assart :: Assart (n.) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest..
Grub :: Grub (v. i.) To drudge; to do menial work.
Grub :: Grub (n.) A short, thick man; a dwarf..
Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
Wireworm :: Wireworm (n.) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub..
Grubbla :: Grubbla (v. t. & i.) To feel or grope in the dark.
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