- Grindle
- Grindle \Grin"dle\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The bowfin; -- called also {Johnny Grindle}. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
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Grindle — This unusual name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a lcoational surname deriving from any one of various places; Greendale in Devonshire, Grindale in East Yorkshire, or Grindle in Shropshire. Greendale in Devon is recorded as Grendil in circa… … Surnames reference
Grindle stone — Grin dle stone A grindstone. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grindle — /grin dl/, n. bowfin. [1700 10, Amer.; < G Gründel, dim. of Grund ground, bottom] * * * … Universalium
grindle — f ( an/ an) herring … Old to modern English dictionary
grindle — grin·dle … English syllables
grindle — noun primitive long bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America • Syn: ↑bowfin, ↑dogfish, ↑Amia calva • Hypernyms: ↑ganoid, ↑ganoid fish • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Johnny Grindle — Grindle Grin dle, n. (Zo[ o]l.) The bowfin; called also {Johnny Grindle}. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grindle-stone — a grind stone. North … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
grindle-coke — … Useful english dictionary
grindle stone — … Useful english dictionary
