† undergrindv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To grind by pressing on (something placed below).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > grinding or pounding > grind or pound [verb (transitive)]
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 351 Like falling Towers o'r-turned by the wind, That break themselues on that they vnder-grind.
1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 136 As with his weight, a hollow Rockie-Hill..Shiuers it self on stones it vnder-grindes.
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