grinder's rot
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]
1.Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction. [1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below. [1913 Webster]
3.[Cf. G. rotz glanders.] A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2. [1913 Webster]
His cattle must of rot and murrain die.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Bitter rot (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the fungus Glaeosporium fructigenum. --F. L. Scribner.
Black rot (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus Laestadia Bidwellii. --F. L. Scribner.
Grinder's rot (Med.) See under Grinder.
Potato rot. (Bot.) See under Potato.
White rot (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniothyrium diplodiella. --F. L. Scribner. [1913 Webster]