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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Grind·er n.
 1. One who, or that which, grinds.
 2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.
 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.
 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.