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grindery|ˈgraɪndərɪ|
[f. grind v.1 + -ery.]
1. Materials, tools, and appliances used by shoemakers, and other workers in leather.
Quot. 1805 makes it probable that the term was orig. applied only to the whetstone used by shoemakers; then perh. to the tools sharpened on it, and finally extended to other ‘furnishings’.
1805Sporting Mag. XXVI. 46 Whetstone pits.. From these..all the grindery—a term well known to the gentle craft of England—is supplied. 1851H. Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 362 There are..old and blind shoemakers, who sell a few articles of grindery to their shopmates. 1886Besant Childr. Gibeon ii. ii, They deal in grindery.
b. attrib. and Comb.
1854Illustr. Lond. News 5 Aug. 118 Occupations of the people..Grindery-dealer. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Grindery-warehouse, a shop where the materials and tools for shoemakers..are kept for sale.
2. A place for grinding tools, weapons, etc.
1884(Over shop window, Sevenoaks, Kent), Grindery for knives. 1896Westm. Gaz. 30 Jan. 2/1, I proceeded to the Grindery... I saw keen edges put to a couple of swords. |