grille 
l in character, an arrangement of bars forming a 
decorative design. 
The intercolumniation on either side must have been 
closed by a grille in metal. 
C. T. Xewton, Art and Archieol., p. 341. 
(>>') A grating serving as a gate ; also, a metallic grating 
closing a small opening, as in a door, allowing an inm;it< 
to answer inquiries and examine applicants for admission 
without opening the door. 
At the further end of the court is the grille, a square 
opening adjacent to the main wall. 
Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 179. 
(c) The large grating separating a convent parlor into two 
parts, visitors being allowed only on one side of it. 
2. In pisciculture, an apparatus for holding fish- 
eggs during incubation, consisting of a rectan- 
fular wooden frame 20 inches long and from 7 to 
inches wide, into which are fastened small cy- 
lindrical glass tubes, closely placed. When in use, 
these grilles are placed in a series of rectangular boxes (a 
grille in each box) arranged in flights, so that the water 
passes readily from the highest through the intervening 
ones to the lowest. The water enters from the top near one 
corner, and after passing through the box goes out through 
the spout at the diagonally opposite corner. 
grille (gre-lya'), a. [F., < grille, a grating: see 
grills.] In lace, having a background consist- 
ing of bars or brides crossing open spaces: 
also said of the background itself. 
grill-room (gril'rom), n. A restaurant or lunch- 
room where chops, steaks, etc., are grilled to 
order. 
The cooks, who filled the waiters' orders as in an Eng- 
lish grill-room, were dressed from head to foot in white 
linen, and wore square white caps. 
The Century, XXXVL 19. 
grillyt (gril'i), v. t. [Extended from grilf.'] To 
grill; broil. See grill 3 . 
Rather save a crippled piece 
Of all their crushed and broken members. 
Than have them grillied on the embers. 
5. Butler, Hudibras, III. ii 1676. 
grilse (grils), . [Sc. also gitie; cf. Ir. great 
sack, a kind of fish.] A young salmon on its 
first return to the river from the sea. 
The grilse is more slender than the salmon, the tall more 
forked, the scales more easily removed, and the top of the 
head and of the fins is not quite so black. 
St. Nicholas, XIIL 741. 
grim (grim), a. ; compar. grimmer, superl. grim- 
mest. [< ME. grim, grym, < AS. grim (grimm-), 
fierce, savage, severe, cruel, = OS. grim = 
OFries. grim = OHG. grim, grimmi, MHG. 
grim, G. grimm, grim, angry, fierce, = Icel. 
grimmr, grim, stern, horrible, dire, sore, = Dan. 
grim, ugly ; cf . MLG. gremich = D. grimmig = 
OHG. grimmig, MHG. grimmic, G. grimmig, 
angry, furious; akin to AS. gram, grom, ME. 
gram, grom, angry, furious, hostile, E. grum, 
angry, sullen: see gram 1 , a., gram 1 , grame, n. 
and v., grum.'] 1. Of a fierce, stern, or forbid- 
ding aspect ; severe or repellent in appearance 
or demeanor ; fierce ; sullen ; surly. 
Whenever they lookt on the grim Soldan, 
It made their hearts to quail. 
Sir Cauline (Child's Ballads, IIL 187). 
She was of stature big and tall, of visage grim and stern. 
Milton, Hist Kiin., ii. 
2. Stern in character or quality ; unyielding ; 
dreadful ; formidable : as, grim determination. 
Now is Philip full grym in fyght for to meete. 
Alisaundtr of Macedoinc (E. E. T. S.X 1. 155. 
It would ... be the grimmest dispensation that ever 
befell him. South, Sermons, IX. 185. 
Wise Cornelius promised, by his art, 
To show to him the ladye of his heart, 
Albeit betwixt them rolled the ocean grim. 
Scott, L. of L. M., vi. 16. 
But he saw no grim portents, and heeded no omen of 
evil. A. W. Tourgee, Fool's Errand, p. 111. 
3. Marked by harshness or severity; distress- 
ful; dolorous; cheerless: as, grim suffering; a 
grim jest. 
The duke was in a cas, his wondes wer so grym, 
That his leche was in ille hope of him. 
Robert of Brtmne, p. 192. 
The Troiens . . . girdyn to the grekes with a grym fare ; 
Greuit horn full gretly with mony grym wound. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.X I. 9499. 
They push'd us down the steps, . . . 
And with grim laughter thrust us out at gates. 
Tennyson, Princess, iv. 
= 8yn. Grisly, Hideous, etc. (see ghastly); severe, harsh, 
hard. 
grimt, n. [ME., also grym, greme; = D.grim = 
OHG. grimmi, MHG. grimme, f., grim, G. grimm, 
m., anger; from the adj. Cf . gram*-, grame, n.~] 
Anger; wrath. 
On right bond shall horn reue the rest of the saule. 
That my graunser with greme gird vnto dethe, 
And sloghe all our Sitesyns, & our sad pepull 
Brittoned to bale dethe, and there blode shed. 
Destruction of Troy(E. E. T. S.X 1. 2284. 
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grim (grim), v. t. ; pret. and pp. grimmed, ppr. 
i/rimming. [= D. MLG. yrimmcn, be grim, rage ; 
from the adj.] To make grim; give astern or 
forbidding aspect to. [Rare.] 
To withdraw . . . into lurid half-light, grimmed by the 
shadow of that Red Flag of theirs. 
Carlylf, French Rev., II. v. & 
grimace (gri-mas'), n. [= D. (Sw. grimim = G. 
Dan. grimace, < P. grimace, OF. grimace (= Sp. 
grimazo), a wry face, a crabbed look; cf. OF. 
grimouart, a grimace ; appar. < OF. grime, cha- 
grined, irritated ; prob. of Teut. origin: < MHG. 
grim, grim: see grim, o.] 1. An involuntary 
or spontaneous distortion of the countenance, 
expressive of pain or great discomfort, or of 
disgust, disdain, or disapproval ; a wry face. 
Then they started from their places, 
Moved with violence, changed in hue, 
Caught each other with wild grimaces. 
Tennyson, Vision of Sin. 
2. An affected expression of the countenance, 
intended to indicate interest or cordiality, or 
petty conceit or arrogance. 
The Miss Quests were much too well-bred to have any 
of the grimaces and affected tones that belong to preten- 
tious vulgarity. George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, vi. 9. 
3. Simulation of interest or sincerity; dupli- 
city; hypocrisy. 
This artist is to teach them, ... in a word, the whole 
practice of political grimace. Spectator, No. 305. 
The Prince read or listened to all this commendation, 
and valued it exactly at its proper worth. He knew it to 
be pure grimace. Motley, Dutch Republic, I. 643. 
grimace (gri-mas'), v. i.; pret. and pp. gri- 
maced, ppr. grimacing. [< F. grimacer; from 
the noun.] To make grimaces; distort the 
countenance. 
He laid a heavy hand on my shoulder, and leaning on 
me with some stress, limped to his horse. Having once 
caught the bridle, he mastered it directly, and sprang to 
his saddle ; grimacing grimly as he made the effort, for it 
wrenched his sprain. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xxii. 
grimalkin (gri-mal'kin), . [Also, and appar. 
orig., graymalkin, < gray + malkin. Graymal- 
kin in Shakspere is used as a name for a fiend 
supposed to resemble a gray cat.] A cat, espe- 
cially an old cat : often used as a proper name, 
with or without a capital letter. 
The fox and the cat, as they travell'd one day, 
With moral discourses cut shorter the way ; 
" Tis great," says the fox, " to make justice our guide ! " 
" How godlike is mercy ! " grimalkin replied. 
Cunningham, Fox and Cat 
Self-love, grimalkin of the human heart, 
Is ever pliant to the master's art ; 
Soothed with a word, she peacefully withdraws, 
And sheathes in velvet her obnoxious claws. 
O. W. Holmes, Terpsichore. 
A strange grimalkin, which was prowling under the par- 
lor window, took to his heels, clambered hastily over the 
fence, and vanished. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, xix. 
grimaskt, . [A var. of grimace, simulating 
mask.] Agrimace. A Woman's Conquest (\S1\). 
grime (grim), n. [< ME. grim, prob. of Scand. 
origin, < Dan. grime, a streak, a stripe (> grimet, 
streaked, striped), = Sw. dial, grima, a spot or 
smut on the face (cf . MD. grimsel, grijmsel, soot, 
smut (Kilian), grimmelen, soil, begrime; LG. 
grimmelig, ingrimmelig, soiled, dirty), = Fries. 
grime, a dark mark on the face, also a mask, = 
AS. grima, a mask, vizor, = Icel. grima, a kind 
of hood or cowl. It is not certain that all these 
words belong to one root.] Foul matter ; dirt ; 
soil ; foulness, especially of a surface ; smutti- 
ness. 
Swart, like my shoe, but her face nothing like so clean 
kept ; . . . a man may go over shoes in the grime of it. 
Shak., C. of E., lit 2. 
grime (grim), v. t. ; pret. and pp. grimed, ppr. 
griming. [< grime, n.] To cover with dirt; 
soil; befoul;- begrime. 
My face 111 grime with filth ; 
Blanket my loins ; elf all my hair in knots. 
Shak., Lear, ii 3. 
Radetski, grimed with sweat and dust, had come back 
from one of the attacks, and was leaning panting against a 
rock. Arch. Forbes, Souvenirs of some Continents, p. 134. 
grimily (gri'mi-li), adv. In a grimy manner or 
condition; foully, 
griminess (gri'mi-nes), n. The state or quality 
of being grimy; foulness; filthiness. 
The fog, the black ooze, the melancholy monotony of 
griminess, the hideousness of the men and women in the 
streets, jarred upon her. Vernon Lee, Hiss Brown, vi 8. 
grimly (grim'li), a . [< ME. grimly, grymly (sev- 
eral times in connection with gost, ghost), < 
AS. grimlic (= OFries. grimKJc = OHG. grim- 
UK = Icel. grimmUgr), < grim, grim : see grim, 
a., and -ly 1 .] Grim; stern; dreadful. [Obso- 
lete or archaic.] 
grin 
Hytt shall be as red as any blod, 
Ouyr all the worlle a grymly flod. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. 
In came Margarets grimly ghost, 
And stood at Williams feet 
Old song, quoted in Beau, and Fl., Knight of Burning 
[Pestle, ii. 1. 
And dark Sir Richard, bravest of the line. 
With all the grimly scars he won in Palestine. 
K. II. Stoddard, Castle in the Air. 
grimly (grim'li), adv. [< ME. grimly, grymly, 
-liclic, < AS. grimlice (= MLG. grimeliken (also 
</niitiiti<-/i/ikeit) = OHG. grimlicho, grimmeliciio, 
MHG. grimmeliche = Icel. grimmliga), < grim, 
grim: see grim, a., and -fy 2 .] In a grim man- 
ner; sternly; fiercely; sullemly; severely. 
God in the gospel grymly repreueth 
Alle that lakken any lyf and lakkes han hem-selue. 
Piers Plowman (B), x. 261. 
We have landed in ill time : the skies look grimly, 
And threaten present blusters. Shak., W. T., iii. 3. 
grimmer (grim'er), . [Origin unknown.] A 
sort of hinge. 
Grimm's law. See lawi. 
grimness (grim'nes), n. [< ME. grymnesse, < 
AS. grimnes, < grim, grim: see grim and -ness."] 
The state or quality of being grim, stern, for- 
bidding, or severe. 
They were not able to abyde the grimnessc of their 
countenaunces and the fierceness of their lookes. 
.1 . Oolding, tr. of Cassar, fol. 29. 
Whose ravell'd brow, and countenance of gloom. 
Present a lion's grimness. Glover, Athenaid, xxx. 
An epitaph . . . which attracted me by its peculiarly 
sepulchral grimness. N. and <j., 6th ser., X. 45. 
grimsirt, grimsert (grim'ser), n. [Appar. < 
grim + sir.'} An arrogant or overbearing of- 
ficial ; an unsociable or morose person ; a cur- 
mudgeon. 
Tiberius Cesar . . . was known for a grimsir, and the 
most unsociable and melancholic man in the world. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, II. 297. 
grim-the-collier (grim'the-kol'yer), n. In hot., 
the Hieracium aurantiacum, a European species 
of hawkweed now naturalized in the United 
States : so called from its black smutty invo- 
lucre. 
grimy (gri'mi), a. [< grime, n., + -y 1 .] Full 
of grime ; foul ; dirty. 
Grimy nakedness dragging his trucks 
And laying his trams in a poison'd gloom. 
Tennyson, Maud, x. 
grin 1 (grin), v. ; pret. and pp. grinned, ppr. 
grinning. [North. E. and Sc. transposed girn, 
gern; < ME. grinnen, usually grennen, < AS. 
grennian, show the teeth, snarl, grin, = MHG. 
grinnen, gnash the teeth, = Icel. grenja, howl, 
bellow; cf. G. grinsen, show the teeth, simper, 
grin, = D. grijnzen, grumble, grin; secondary 
verbs (with formatives -i (-j) and -s respective- 
ly), the primary appearing in MLG. grinen = 
OHG. grinan (strong verb), MHG. grinen, G. 
greinen, grin, grimace, cry, weep, dial, grumble, 
growl, = D. grijnen, weep, cry, fret, grumble, = 
Sw. grina, make a wry face, grimace, = Dan. 
grine, grin, simper. Cf. F. dial, grigner = Pr. 
grinhar = It. di-griqnare, gnash the teeth, grin, 
of OHG. origin.] I. intrans. 1. To draw back 
the lips so as to show the teeth set nearly or 
quite together, as a snarling dog, or a person in 
pain or anger. The muscles specially concerned in 
the act are the levator labii superioris ana levator anguli 
oris. 
He looked as it were a wilde boor, 
He grynte with his teeth, so was he wroth. 
Chaucer, Summoner's Tale, 1. 461. 
The catte sterte vpon the hynder-feet, and grenned with 
his teth, and coveited the throte of the kynge. 
Merlin (E. k T. S.X iii 667. 
And many ther were slayn that lay grennynge on the 
grounde. Merlin (E. E. T. S.X ii 209. 
Which when as Radigund their comming heard, 
Her heart for rage did grate and teeth did grin. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. iv. 37. 
Look how he grins .' I've anger'd him to the kidneys. 
Fletcher (and another'!), Nice Valour, iv. 1. 
Here grins the wolf as when he died. 
Scott, L. of the L., i. 27. 
Hence 2. To smile with a similar distortion 
of the features; exhibit derision, stupid ad- 
miration, embarrassment, or the like, by draw- 
ing back the lips from the teeth with a smiling 
expression. 
The slavering cudden, propp'd upon his staff, 
Stood ready gaping with a grinning laugh. 
Dryden, Cym. and Iph., 1. 180. 
Guide's self, 
Whose mean soul grins through this transparent trick 
Be balked so far, defrauded of his aim ! 
Brotoning, King and Book, I. 281. 
