grindery

After he had told me that the workers had to furnish their own tools, brads, "grindery," cardboard, rent, light, and what not, it was plain that his thirty bob was a diminishing quantity.

FRYING-PAN ALLEY AND A GLIMPSE OF INFERNO 2010

I have, since the above was written, found that some dealers in leather and shoemakers '"grindery" sell knives of varied and serviceable patterns -- other than those described -- all of which have hard wood handles.

Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Montagu Browne

After he had told me that the workers had to furnish their own tools, brads, "grindery," cardboard, rent, light, and what not, it was plain that his thirty bob was a diminishing quantity.

The People of the Abyss Jack London 1896

For making holes in the bottom where the nails or studs are fixed, a large sewing-awl will be required; this will probably have to be bought at a saddler's; the other tools can all be obtained at any grindery and leather seller's.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various

After he had told me that the workers had to furnish their own tools, brads, ` grindery, 'cardboard, rent, light, and what not, it was plain that his thirty bob was a diminishing quantity.

Pan Alley and a Glimpse of Inferno 1903

David Hume -- before the grindery of the winter begins.

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860