Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place where knives, etc., are ground.
- noun A place where knives, and hence, by extension, other articles, as leather, etc., used by shoemakers, are sold: now called
grindery warehouse . - noun Shoemakers' and other leather-workers' materials; findings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving Leather workers' materials.
- noun [Eng.] a shop where leather workers' materials and tools are kept on sale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect, uncountable The
materials used byleatherworkers . - noun A
mill where something isground .
Etymologies
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Examples
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After he had told me that the workers had to furnish their own tools, brads, "grindery," cardboard, rent, light, and what not, it was plain that his thirty bob was a diminishing quantity.
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I have, since the above was written, found that some dealers in leather and shoemakers '"grindery" sell knives of varied and serviceable patterns -- other than those described -- all of which have hard wood handles.
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After he had told me that the workers had to furnish their own tools, brads, "grindery," cardboard, rent, light, and what not, it was plain that his thirty bob was a diminishing quantity.
The People of the Abyss Jack London 1896
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For making holes in the bottom where the nails or studs are fixed, a large sewing-awl will be required; this will probably have to be bought at a saddler's; the other tools can all be obtained at any grindery and leather seller's.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various
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After he had told me that the workers had to furnish their own tools, brads, ` grindery, 'cardboard, rent, light, and what not, it was plain that his thirty bob was a diminishing quantity.
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David Hume -- before the grindery of the winter begins.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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