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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..

Grubbed :: Grubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Gru.

Stub :: Stub (v. t.) To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots..

Mattock :: Mattock (n.) An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax..

Grub :: Grub (n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith..

Grubworm :: Grubworm (n.) See Grub, n., 1..

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..

Urrhodin :: Urrhodin (n.) Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called indigrubin..

Sneak :: Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.

Grub :: Grub (n.) A short, thick man; a dwarf..

Larva :: Larva (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, et

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..

Flagworm :: Flagworm (n.) A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.

Grubbing :: Grubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gru.

Grubby :: Grubby (n.) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.

Grubbla :: Grubbla (v. t. & i.) To feel or grope in the dark.

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 dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging..

Grubby :: Grubby (a.) Dirty; unclean.

Caseworm :: Caseworm (n.) A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.

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