Like a bird that hasteth to his grin.
Remedy of Love.
Grin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grinned (grnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grinning.]
[OE. grinnen, grennen, AS. grennian, Sw. grina; akin to D. grijnen, G.
greinen, OHG. grinan, Dan. grine. √35. Cf. Groan.] 1. To show the
teeth, as a dog; to snarl.
2. To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth
and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in
laughter, scorn, or pain.
The pangs of death do make him grin.
Shak.
Grin, v. t. To express by grinning.
Grinned horrible a ghastly smile.
Milton.
Grin, n. The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of
withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering
smile. I. Watts.
He showed twenty teeth at a grin.
Addison.
Grind (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ground (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grinding.]
[AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind. Cf. Grist.] 1.
To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to
crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.
Take the millstones, and grind meal.
Is. xivii. 2.
2. To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth,
sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one
another, as teeth, etc.