grinder's phthisis

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.One who, or that which, grinds. [1913 Webster]

2.One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar. [1913 Webster]

3.(Zool.) The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes.

4.A submarine sandwich. [local, U.S.]

Syn: submarine, hoagie. [PJC]

Grinder's asthma, Grinder's phthisis, or Grinder's rot (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding. [1913 Webster]