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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
grind .
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Examples
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As for the chopping of bargains, when a man buys not to hold but to sell over again, that commonly grindeth double, both upon the seller, and upon the buyer.
The Essays 2007
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Oh, wheels of bureaucracy, who grindeth slow and exceedingly fine - thanks so much for letting me spend the last three months three months! worrying about this.
between the rock and the cold, cold sea -- Day hawkwing_lb 2006
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Apart from the obscure definition from Chaucer 3rd person sing of grindeth I propose the new word: Grint
New word - Grint Jono 2005
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The Karna, the son of Vikartana, said unto Drona, 'Abhimanyu grindeth us all.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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A generation that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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A generation that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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A generation that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision
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A generation that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.
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For His Passion is like a grindstone, and to him who grindeth his mind in it, all rust falleth away.
The Following of Christ. c. 1300-1361 1910
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As for the chopping of bargains, when a man buys not to hold but to sell over again, that commonly grindeth double, both upon the seller and upon the buyer.
XXXIV. Of Riches 1909
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