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He druggies into birth, and cries for aid ; 
Then helplefs in his mother’s lap is laid : 
He creeps, he walks ; and, i(Tiling into man, 
Grudges their life from whence his own began. Dryden. 
To give or take unwillingly : 
Let me at leaft a funeral marriage crave, 
or grudge my cold embraces in the grave. Dryden. 
To GRUDGE, v. n. To murmur; to repine.—They 
knew the force of that dreadful curfe, whereunto ido¬ 
latry maketh fubjeft; nor is there caufe why the guilty 
fuftaining the fame (hould grudge or complain of injuf- 
tice. Hooker. —To be unwilling ; to be reluflant.—Many 
times they go with as great grudging to ferve in his majel- 
ty’s (hips, as if it were to be (laves in the galleys. Raleigh. 
You fteer betwixt the country and the court. 
Nor gratify whate’er the great defire, 
Nor grudging give what public needs require. Dryden. 
To be envious.— Grudge not one againft another, bre¬ 
thren, left ye be condemned. Jam. v. 9.—-To vvi(h in 
fecret. A low word: 
E’en in the moft fincere advice he gave, 
He had a grudging (till to be a knave. Dryden. 
To give or have any uneafy remains. It is doubtful 
whether the word in this fenfe be not rather grugcons, 
or remains; grugeons being the part of corn that re¬ 
ingins after the fine meal has pafled the fieve: 
My Dolabella, 
Haft thou not (till fome grudgings of thy fever ? Dryden. 
GRUDGE, f. Old quarrel; inveterate malevolence; 
fullen malice: 
A gvidge in both, time out of mind, begun, 
And mutually bequeath’d from lire to Ion. Tate. 
Anger; ill-will: 
The god of wit,'to (hew his grudge , 
Glapt afs’s'ears upon the judge. Swift. 
Unwillingnefs to benefit: 
Thofe to whom you have 
With grudge preferr’d me. Ben Jonfon. 
Envy ; odium ; invidious cenfure. Remorfe of con- 
fcience. Some little commotion, or forerunner of a 
diTeafe. Ainfworth. ■ 
GRUDG'ING, f. [from the verb. ] Relu&ance ; un- 
willingnefs ; envy at the profperity of others ; a fecret 
w-iflt or defire ; fome remains of a difeafe. Dryden. 
GRUDG'INGLY, adv. Unwillingly; malignantly; 
reluftantly : 
Like harpies they could feent a plenteous board ; 
Then to be lure they never fail’d their lord ; 
The reft was form, and bare attendance paid; 
Then drank and eat, and grudgingly obey’d. Dryden. 
GRU'DII, a people tributary to the Nervii, fuppofed 
to have inhabited the country near Tournay or Bruges 
in Flanders. 
GRUDOC'ZIC'ZE, a town of Poland, in the palati¬ 
nate of Red Rullia : twenty-four miles weft-fouth-weft 
of Halitfch. 
. GRUDO'LO (Lo), a town of Italy, in the kingdom 
of Naples, and province of Abruzzo Citra : fourteen 
miles iouth-eaft of Solmona. 
GRU'EB, a town of Germany, in the duchy of Stiria: 
fix miles north-weft of Voit(berg. 
GRU'EB, a town of Germany, in the archduchy of 
Auftria : five miles north-eaii of Horn. 
.GRU'EL, f. Igrueau , gruelle, Fr.] Food made by 
boiling oatmeal in water; any kind of mixture made 
by boiling ingredients in water.— Gruel made of grain, 
broths, malt drink not much hopped, polfet-drinks, and 
in general whatever relaxeth. Arbuthnot . 
Was ever Tartar fierce or .cruel 
Upon the ftrength of water gruel? 
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. GRUFF, ad). \.grojf t Dut.] Sour of afpeft ; harfh of 
manners : 
Around the fiend in hideous order, fat 
Foul bawling infamy and bold debate, 
Gruff difeontent, through ignorance mifl*ed. Garth. 
GRUFF'LY, adv. Hardily; ruggedly ;'roughly : 
The form of Mar? high on a chariot ftood, 
All (heath’d in arms, and gruffly look’d the god- Dryden. 
GRUFF'NESS, f. Ruggednefs of mien ; harflmefs 
of look or voice. 
GRU'LICH, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Ko- 
nigingratz : ten miles eaft of Geyerlberg. 
GRULL'ENBERG, a town of Germany, in the cir¬ 
cle of Upper Saxony, in Thuringia: four miles fouth 
of Sanger (haufen. 
GRUM,ai(j. [contra&ed from grumble.] Sour; airly; 
fevere. A low word.— Nic looked four and grum, and 
would not open his-mouth. Arbuthnot. 
GRUM'BACH (Ober), a town and caftle of Ger¬ 
many, in the circle of the Upper Rhine, and bifttopric 
of Spire: four miles fouth of Bruchfal. 
GRUM'BACH (Unter), a town of Germany, in the 
circle of the Upper Rhine, and bilhopric of Spire, with 
a medicinal fpring : three miles fouth-fouth-weft of 
Bruchfal. 
GRUM'BACH, a town-of Germany, in the circle of 
the Upper Rhine, and country of Rhingrave : twenty- 
five miles north of Deux Fonts, and two north-weft of 
Lautereck. 
GRUM'BACH, a river of Germany, in the circle of 
Upper Saxony, which runs into the Saal tour miles 
north-eaft of Weiflenfels, in Thuringia. 
GRUM'BACH, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Upper Saxony, and marggraviate of Meiifen: two 
miles fouth of Wilfdorf. 
To GRUM'BLE, v. n. [ grummelcn, grommen, But.] 
To murmur with difeontent.—Providence has allotted 
man a competency : all beyond it is fuperfluous ; and 
there will be grumbling without end, if we reckon that 
we want this becaufe we have it not. L’EJlrange. 
L’Avare, not ufing half his (lore, 
Still grumbles that he has no more. Prior. 
To growl ; to gnarl : 
The lion, though he fees the toils are fet, 
Yet, pinch’d with raging hunger, fcours away ; 
Hunts in the face of danger all the day ; 
At night, with fullen pleafure, grumbles o’er his prey. 
Dryden. 
To make a hoarfe rattle.—Thou grumbling thunder, join 
thy voice. Motteux. 
Like a ftorm 
That gathers black upon the frowning (ky. 
And grumbles in the wind. Rowe. 
GRUM'BLER, /. One that grumbles ; a murmurer ; 
a difeontented perion, 
GRUM'BLING, f. [from the verb.} The a6t of mur¬ 
muring ; a hoarfe murmuring kind of noife; an indirett 
difeovery of difeontent: 
I have ferv’d 
Without or grudge or grumblings. Shakefpeare. 
l GRUME, f. Igrumcau , Fr. grumus, Lat.] A thick 
vifeid confidence of a fluid : as the white of an egg, 
or clotted like cold blood. Quincy. 
GRUMEN'TUM, now Armcnto, an inland town of 
Lucania, on the river Aciris. Livy. 
GRUM'LY, adv. Sullenly; morofely. 
GRUM'MEL-SEED, /. The feeds of gromwell: 
Their cakes of grummel-feed they did preferre, 
And pailes of milke in facrifice -to her. W. Browne. 
GRUM'NESS, f. Sournefs ; liarfhnefs; airf|erity. 
GRU'MO, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Ma- 
N P^s, 
Prior. 
