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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..

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..

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

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

Assart :: Assart (v. t.) To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees..

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

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

Grub :: Grub (v. t.) To supply with food.

Indigrubin :: Indigrubin (n.) Same as Urrhodin.

Grub :: Grub (n.) Victuals; food.

Mulligrubs :: Mulligrubs (n.) Hence, sullenness; the sulks..

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..

Grub :: Grub (v. i.) To drudge; to do menial work.

Mulligrubs :: Mulligrubs (n.) A griping of the intestines; colic.

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

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..

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..

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..

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

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..

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