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▪ I. † ˈgrundy1 Obs. rare—1.
[? a. Du. grundje, grontje, groundling.]
A designation applied to a short person.
1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) II. 2307/2 Of some he [John Vander Warfe, of Andwerpe] was called..Shildpad..for that he beyng a short grundy and of litle stature, did ryde commonly with a great broad hat.
▪ II. grundy2|ˈgrʌndɪ|
[? Echoic: see quot. 1840.]
Granulated pig-iron.
1840D. Mushet Papers Iron & Steel 12 Fifty years ago this process of granulation was carried on at the Cyfarthia iron works to some extent. The iron so obtained was called grundy, from the noise produced by the revolution of a large horizontal stone, placed in the water-pit, on which the iron fell in its descent. 1881in Raymond Mining Gloss. |