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-fituat-e'd on'the Humber, and within five miles of the 
German Ocean, is- one of the moll ancient boroughs in 
the kins dom. It was a mayor’s town in king John’s 
time, and ft nt two members to parliament 23 Edward I. 
which is the earlieft period of cities and boroughs re¬ 
turning members to parliament 5 and has continued to 
dp fo ever fmce. The right of voting is in the refident 
free-biurgefh s, paying foot and lot, who are better than 
two hundred in number. All the 1 'ons of free'tnen born 
in the town are in' itied to their freedom; fo is every 
man marrying a freeman’s daughter or widow, Per- 
fons are alfo entitled to vote by fervitude- and by re¬ 
demption. The officers of the corporation are, a mayor 
and eleven aldermen, a recorder, a high fteward, twelve 
coirnnon-councilmen, two coroners, two bailiffs, two 
chamberlains, a town-clerk, and three ferjeantsat inace. 
i In this town was aBenediftine nunnery, founded about 
the year 1185, and dedicated to St. Leonard, in which, 
about the time of the fuppreflion, were a priorefs and 
feven or eight nuns ; yet its revenue, accordingfo Dug- 
dale, amounted only to ten pounds a-year ; and accord¬ 
ing to Speed, to twelve pounds- In this was alfo a 
houfe of Auftin friars, about the year ,1304; and like- 
wife a convent of Francifcan or grey friars, founded in 
the beginning of the reign of Edward II. if not before. 
The mayor holds a court here every Tuefday, and the 
bailiffs every Friday. Here are feveral ftreets of good 
houfes. It was formerly a very large town, and had 
two pariffi churches, only one of which remains; but 
for largenefs it is equal to mod: of the cathedrals in 
England. It had likewife a caftle, and a confiderable 
trade, the harbour being then very commodious ; but 
has long been choaked up, notwithstanding the road 
'before it is a good ftation for ftiips that wait for a wind 
to go out to fea'. It appears from the black book of 
the admiralty record, that king Richard I. about the 
beginning of his reign, by advice of many lords of the 
realm at Grimlby, made an ordinance refpefting the 
arreft of fiiips by the admiral. It is a port-town under 
that of Hull, and has a deputy collector, comptroller, 
and coaft-furveyor. The haven comes up to the town- 
fide. Archbiffiop Whitgift was born here.—Grimlby 
js one hundred arid fixty-.eight-iiriil.es from London ; 
eighteen from Louth the wold way, and fifteen the low 
or fummer road. The market is on Fridays; princi¬ 
pally for all kinds of grain. There are two fairs in the 
year, one on the 6th of June, and the other on the 4th' 
-of September. 
GRIMS'EY, a town of United America, in the ftate> 
of Virginia : fifteen miles north-eaft of Richmond. 
GRIM'SEE, a lake of Germany, in the circle of 
Upper Saxony, to the north of Worbitz-fee, in the 
Ucker Mark of Brandenburg. 
GRIM'SEL, a mountain of Swifferland, being part 
of the Alps, which feparates the Valais from the can¬ 
ton of Bern. There is a road acrofs it, and a houfe for 
travellers on the top, in which a perfon refides during 
-the fummer: forty miles eaft of Sion. 
GRIM'STA, a town of Sweden, in the province of 
Well Gothland: twenty-eight miles north-eaft of Ud- 
devalla. 
7 bGRIN,®.». [gpennian, Sax. grinnen, grinden, Dut. 
undoubtedly of the lame origin with To Grind, . as. we 
now fay to grind the teeth .; grincer, Fr.'j To fettheteeth 
■together.and withdraw the lips, either in anger or in 
mirth.—Seerihe various methods with which they have 
attacked me ; fome with piteous moans and outcries, 
others grinning and.only Use wing- their teeth. Stillirig'Jleet. 
Madnefs, we fancy,gave an ilUtim’d birth 
To grinning laughter, and to frantic mirth. Prior. 
Fools grin on fools, and ftoiclike fupport, 
Without one figh, the.plealures of a court. * Young . 
To fix the teeth as in anguifh.—I like not fuch grinning 
honour as fir Walter hath : give me life, which if I can 
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fave, fo ; if not, honour comes unlook’d for, and there’s 
an end. Shakefpeare. 
GRIN, f. The aft of doling the teeth and fhewing 
them.—The mufcles were fo drawnffogether on each 
fide of his face, that he fhewed twenty teeth at a grin. 
Addifm. 
He laughs at him, in’s face too, 
—O you miftake him ; ’twas an humble grin, 
The fawning joy of courtiers and of dogs. Dryden. 
GRIN, f. [gjiyn, gyyiene, Sax.] A.fnare ;. a trap. 
—The grin filial 1 take him by the heel, and the robber 
fliall prevail againfi: him. Job xviii. 9. 
Like a bride that hafteth to his gryn, 
Not knowinge the perile. c Chaucer. 
GRIN, a town of Alia, in Armenia: one hundred 
' and thirty, miles north-eaft of Erivan. 
GRIN'ADEL, one of the fimaller weftern iflands of 
Scotland, near the eaft coalTof Benbecula. 
To GRIND, v.a. preter. I ground; part. paff. grounds 
[gpmban, gegpunberi, ground. Sax.] T6 reduce any 
tl\ing to powder by friftion ; to comminute by attritions 
—And whofoever fit all-fa 11 . on this ftone, fhall be broken ; 
but on whomfoever it fivaW fall, it will grind him to 
powder. Matt. —Is a fmall drop of rain any wifer than 
the pcean ? Gr do we grind inanimate corn into living ' 
-meal ? Bentley. —To fharpen or fmooth by rubbing on : 
lomething hard : 
Meeting with Time, Slack thing, faid I, 
Thy fcythe is dull ; whet it, for fhame. 
No marvel, fir, he did reply, 
If it at.length deferve fome blame-; 
But where one man would have me grind it, 
Twenty to one toofharp do find it. Herbert.' 
To rub one againfi: another.—That the ftomach.grzWs 
the fubftances which it receives, is evident from the 
diffeftion of animals which have fwallowed metals, 
which have been.found polifhed -on the fide next the' 
ftomach. . Arbuthnot .—To harafs ; to opprefs.—Some 
merchants and tradefmen, under colour of furnifhing 
the colony with neceffaries, may not grind themTo as 
fliall always keep them in poverty. Bacon. . 
Not knowing ’twas my labour, I complain 
Of fuddeirfhootings, and of grinding pain ; 
My throws caine>thicker, and my.cries encreas’d. Dryd. 
To GRIND, v. n. To perform the aft of grinding; to o 
• move a mill : 
Fetter’d they fend thee 
Into the common prifon, there to grind 
Among the flaves and affes. Milton. ■ 
To be moved as in the.aft of grinding.; 
Shrinking finews ftart, - 
And fraeary foam works o’er my grinding jaws. Rowe. - 
GRIND, a town of Germany, in the circle of Weft- 
phalia, and duchy of Juliet s: -twenty miles north-north- • 
weft of Coblentz. 
GRIND, a fmalLifland near the coaft of Friefland : 
ninemilesnorth-north-weft of Harlingen. -Lat. 53. i 3 ~N. 
Ion. 22. 36. E. Ferro. 
GRIN'DAL (Edmund), a learned .Englifh .prelate, - 
born atiHenfuigham, near Whitehaven, in Cumberland,, . 
in 1519. He very early discovered a ftrong inclination 
for learning, and, after he had palled through fine gram¬ 
mar fchool, was lent to Magdalen.college, in the uni¬ 
versity of Cambridge. From that infiitution lie after- - 
wards removed to Chrift’s college, and again to Penu 
‘hroke-h.all, where he was chofen fellow.in 15-38. He 
commenced M. A. in 1,541. In 154S he was appointed, 
fenior proftor of the umverfily ; and during the follow- - 
ring year was chofen lady Margaret’s preacher.at-Cam- - 
bridge. In fuch high eftimation was lie.now held dor >• 
ills .talents and learning, that when, in.the year laft-rnen. 
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