grub : Idioms & Phrases
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Grub ax ∨ axe
- a kind of mattock used in grubbing up roots, etc.
Webster 1913
Grub breaker
- . Same as
Grub hook (below).
Webster 1913
Grub hoe
- a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Webster 1913
Grub hook
- a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps, breaking roots, etc.
Webster 1913
grub out
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verb dig up
grub out.
- grub up roots and tree stumps
WordNet
Grub saw
- a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Webster 1913
Grub Street
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noun the world of literary hacks
WordNet
- a street in London (now called
Milton Street ), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet." As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production of, Grub Street.
Webster 1913
grub up
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verb dig up
grub out.
- grub up roots and tree stumps
WordNet
Surface grub
(Zoöl.) , the larva of the great yellow underwing moth (Triphoena pronuba ). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants.
Webster 1913
Vine grub
(Zoöl.) , any one of numerous species of insect larvæ that are injurious to the grapevine.
Webster 1913
White grub
(Zoöl.) , the larva of the June bug and other allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and other plants, and often do much damage.
Webster 1913
Wire grub
(Zoöl.) , a wireworm.
