grinn.¹

Forms: α. Old English, Middle English–1600s, 1800s grin, Old English, Middle English, 1800s gryn, Middle English grun, Middle English grine, Middle English gryne, (Middle English grynde), Middle English–1500s grynne, (1500s grynn), 1500s grinne, 1600s grinn. β. Middle English grene, Middle English green. γ. Middle English–1500s grenne, 1500s gren.

Etymology: Old English grin , gryn feminine and neuter (also giren in Vespasian Psalter, compare girn n.¹). The evidence of metre seems to show that there were two distinct Old English forms, grĭn neuter (plural grĭnu ) and grín feminine; but the Middle English and modern English words descend exclusively from the form with short vowel. The form grĭn , standing alone, might be cognate with grane n. and yarn n., but the existence of a form with ī can hardly be reconciled with this.

a. A snare for catching birds or animals, made of cord, hair, wire, or the like, with a running noose. Obsolete exc. dialect or archaic.In the Bible of 1611 grin is found in certain passages (Job xviii. 9, Psalm cxl. 5, cxli, 9) where modern editions read gin. The altered reading is found in an edition printed at Cambridge in 1762; Cruden's Conc. 1737–69 retains the original reading.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun]

grinc825

trapa1000

snarea1100

swikea1100

granea1250

springec1275

gina1300

gnarea1325

stringc1325

trebuchet1362

latch?a1366

leashc1374

snarlc1380

foot gina1382

foot-grina1382

traina1393

sinewa1400

snatcha1400

foot trapa1425

haucepyc1425

slingc1425

engine1481

swar1488

frame1509

brakea1529

fang1535

fall trap1570

spring1578

box-trapa1589

spring trapa1589

sprint1599

noosec1600

springle1602

springe1607

toil1607

plage1608

deadfall1631

puppy snatch1650

snickle1681

steel trap1735

figure (of) four1743

gun-trap1749

stamp1788

stell1801

springer1813

sprent1822

livetrap1823

snaphance1831

catch pole1838

twitch-up1841

basket-trap1866

pole trap1879

steel fall1895

tread-trap1952

conibear trap1957

conibear1958

α.

c825 Vesp. Psalter ix. 16 In grin ðissum..gegripen is fot heara.

c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) lxv. 10 Þu us on grame..gryne gelæddest.

c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) xc. 3 He me alysde of laðum grine.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 209 Ure fo fareð on hunteð and leið grune in a wilderne to henten þe deor þe wunieð þerinne.

a1225 St. Marher. 3 Þe fuhel þe is fon i þe fuheleres grune.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1057 Thu were i-nime in one grine.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xiv. lii. (Tollem. MS.) Also fouleres hiden ofte here grynnes [1535 grennes] and here nettes.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 250 Whanne a sparowe is takyn in a grynde.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 21 The preest..had sette a gryn..for he wold fayn haue take the foxe.

1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xc. 112 b So doth the foule flie safe betweene the line and the grin.

1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 3 All sorts of faire fowle..Are with ingenious Iins, grins, nets and snares..oft taken vnawares.

1652 J. Trapp Comm. Esther vii. 8 Made to stand upon snares or grinnes with iron teeth.

a1693 M. Bruce Good News in Evil Times (1708) 39 The Grins and Snares laid for them.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Grin, a snare, as for a hare or rabbit.

1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox 58 The poor trapped beast At last broke from the gryn.

β. 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms cxxxix. [cxl.] 5 Proude men hidden a grene to me. And cordis thei straȝten out in to a grene; by side the weie sclaunder thei putten to me.1382 J. Wyclif Prov. vii. 23 As if a brid heeȝe to the grene.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 385 Maydens of Athene were compelled as it were to snarles and grenes [printed greues].14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 591/42 Laqueus, a lace, a grene.c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 164 A green another hath for hem [moles] ytilde: To take hem therwithal is not vnlike.γ. a1380 Virg. Antioch 360 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 31 Out of þat hous, as brid fro gren, Heo fleih awei and scaped þen.1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles ii. 188 Lymed leues were leyde all abouȝte..With grennes of good heere.1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxviii. 239 He shal be hold and teyde with a grenne.1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms cxxiv. 331 Euen as the bird out of the foulers grenne [rhymes with then, men].1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn laqs, a snare, a gren, a gin, a trap.

b. figurative or in figurative expressions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun]

neteOE

angleOE

grinc1000

trapc1175

caltropa1300

lacec1330

girnc1375

espyc1380

webc1400

hook1430

settingc1430

lure1463

stall?a1500

stalea1529

toil1548

intrap1550

hose-net1554

gudgeon1577

mousetrap1577

trapfall1596

ensnarementa1617

decoy1655

cobweba1657

trepan1665

snap1844

deadfall1860

Judas1907

tanglefoot1908

catch-221963

trip-wire1971

c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) xvii. 5 Deaðes grynu me gefengon.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 209 Liðere lahtres beð his grunen.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 47 Hi ne heþ leme ine hire bodye þet ne is a gryn of þe dyeule.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. vii. 73 Bileue him not..þouȝ he ofte tymes tende to þe grynnes of deceite.

1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xxii Ye lyke good chrysten people auoydyng theyre false traynes and grynnis, geue none eare to theyre heynowse heresyes.

1557 Bible (Whittingham) Gal. Argt. Men ought..not to haue their consciences snared into the grennes of mans traditions.

1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 34 Vnder that same baite a fearefull grin Was readie to intangle him in sinne.

1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 140 Rid me from fatall grins Of passions abused.

†2.

a. A noose. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvii. 5 And he awearp þa scyllingas inon þæt templ & ferde & mid gryne [v.r. grine] hyne sylfne aheng.

b. A halter. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Dogal o cordel A cord, a rope,..a grin to hold a horse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

grinn.²

Brit.

/ɡrɪn/, U.S.

/ɡrɪn/

Forms: Also 1700s grinn.

Etymology: < grin v.²; compare girn n.²

a. An act of grinning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [noun] > a smile > a grin

girn1636

grin1656

1656 A. Cowley Davideis iii. 96 in Poems He walks, and casts a deadly grin about.

a1661 B. Holyday in tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) Pref. 3 A perpetual grin does rather anger than mend.

1710 W. Congreve Of Pleasing in Wks. III. 1064 Thersites..Attempts a Smile, and shocks you with a Grin.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 173. ¶5 He showed twenty Teeth at a Grinn.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 173. ⁋5 They found he was Master only of the merry Grinn.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Lett. (1837) II. 113 The French grin is equally remote from the chearful serenity of a smile, and the cordial mirth of an honest English horse-laugh.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 178 These move the censure and illib'ral grin Of fools that hate thee and delight in sin.

1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein III. iii. 43 A ghastly grin wrinkled his lips as he gazed on me.

1874 J. C. Geikie Life in Woods (ed. 2) xviii. 310 He ended with a broad grin.

1884 G. A. Sala Journey due South (1887) i. xxvi. 356 The gaunt hobbledehoy..grinning a very unlovely grin.

in extended use.a1891 J. R. Lowell Old Eng. Dramatists (1892) i. 22 Like a belated masquerader going home under the broad grin of day.

b. on the (broad or †high) grin: grinning (openly and unmistakeably).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adverb] > grinning

on the (broad or high) grin1738

grinningly1755

all agrin1828

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 26 What! you would not have one be always on the high Grin.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. viii. 73 They were all on the broad grin except myself.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 123 A ring..thickly gemmed around with faces, mostly on the broad grin.

1884 Punch 25 Oct. 196/2 He is perpetually on the grin.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

grinv.¹

Forms: Old English grinian, Middle English grene, (1800s green), 1600s, 1800s grin.

Etymology: < grin n.¹; independently formed at different periods. Compare grane v.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

transitive. To catch in a noose; to snare, ensnare; to choke, strangle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > trap

grina850

latchc1175

snarl1398

snarea1425

caltropc1440

trapa1500

attrap1524

gin1583

toil1592

springe1606

snickle1615

wire1749

a850 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 59/9 Inlaqueatus es, ðu eart gegrinad.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. viii. 15 Manye of hem shul..ben to-brosid, and grened [L. irretientur], and ben taken.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. vii. 21 She grenede hym with manye woordis.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 51 It semiþ þat lewid men hiring prestis..are grenid [printed greuid] in þe same synne.

1622 S. Ward Woe to Drunkards (1627) 18 I haue..heard of one that, hauing stolne a sheepe, and laying it downe vpon a stone to rest him, was grin'd and hang'd with the strugling of it about his necke.

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 155 Green, throttle—choak. A tight collar is said to green a horse.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Grinning Hares, the devilish art of setting gins..to hang hares.

1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 449 Grin, v., to take hares or game by means of a running noose set in those particular parts of a hedge through which they are accustomed to pass.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Grinned, trapped in a ‘grin’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

grinv.²

Brit.

/ɡrɪn/, U.S.

/ɡrɪn/

Forms: α. Old English grennian, Middle English grennen, Middle English–1500s grenne, (Middle English grennyn), 1500s gren. β. Middle English gryn, Middle English–1500s grynne, 1600s grinne, Middle English– grin.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: The Old English gręnnian ( < Old Germanic type *granjôjan) is cognate with Old High German grennan to mutter (Middle High German grennen to grin) < Old Germanic *granjan; possibly related to *granâ moustache. A root of identical form appears in Old High German granôn to grunt (Middle High German granen, grannen to grunt, wail), Old Norse grenja to howl, Old Swedish gränia to roar, to gnash or show the teeth threateningly. The modern English grin appears to be only a phonetic development, originally northern, of the older gren- (compare glent and glint , hent and hint ), but it presents a remarkable contact of sense and form with a number of Germanic words belonging to a different ablaut-series: Old High German grînan strong verb to distort the countenance, gnash the teeth, grin, weep profusely (Middle High German grînan , modern German greinen weak), modern Dutch grijnen (the modern Icelandic grína to stare, Swedish grina , Dutch grine to grin, are perhaps < Low German); further Middle High German grinnen to gnash the teeth, Middle Dutch grinsen (modern Dutch grijnzen ), modern German grinsen to grin. There has probably been some associative influence between the two Germanic forms gran- and grῑn- , the latter of which appears to be an extension of the root grῑ- of Old English gríma mask. girn v.¹ is a northern metathetic form of grin.

1. intransitive. Of persons or animals: To draw back the lips and display the teeth:

a. generally, or as an indication of pain or †anger; † also to grin with the teeth. Const. at, †on, †upon. Said also of the jaws or teeth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > be painful [verb (intransitive)] > express pain

grinOE

quetchc1225

singc1386

quinch1511

complain1600

flincha1677

the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > look angry > draw back lips in anger

grinOE

to grin the teethc1430

girnc1440

tusk1616

α.

OE Cynewulf Juliana 596 Þa se dema wearð hreoh ond hygegrim, ongan his hrægl teran, swylce he grennade ond gristbitade, wedde on gewitte swa wilde deor.

a1050 Liber Scintill. (1889) lv. 172 Nelle þu grenniendum [L. dissolutis] welerum hleahter forðbringan.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 158 Ha schulen ham seolf grennen & niuelen..inþe pine of helle.

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 84/36 He grennede and femde touward hire.

?a1366 Romaunt Rose 156 Y-frounced foule was hir visage, And grenning for dispitous rage.

a1400 Coer de L. 3406 Lay every hed on a plater..Upward hys vys, the teeth grennand.

1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) ii. li. 53 This cruel Sathanas, that so fowle grenneth vppon me.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 58 Þe hound of wrechfulnes grenniþ wiþ his teþ.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxxiii. 667 The catte..grenned with his teth, and coveited the throte of the kynge.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 574/2 I grenne, I make an yvell countenaunce, je grongne.

1539 Bible (Great) Psalms lix. 6 They grenne lyke a dogg.

1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. lxxxiij^v Grennyng vpon her lyke termagauntes in a playe.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. xii. sig. Kk2^v And some of Tygres, that did seeme to gren, And snar at all, that euer passed by.

β. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7411 Ilk ane salle other hate dedly, And ilk ane gryn on other and cry.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11878 He liftid up his lathli chin, And felunli gan on þaim grin.c1400 Rowland & O. 1322 Whi grynnes thou nowe so one mee As thofe thou wolde mee byte?c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 2630 Y^t the Jewes..shuld..grynne on hym like beestes.1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. D^v As the wolfe doth grin before he barketh. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iv. sig. P5^v Which when as Radigund there comming heard, Her heart for rage did grate, and teeth did grin . 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus v. iv. 2231 Nought can great Furor do, but barke and howle, And snarle and grin.1629 J. Gaule Distractions 210 Grinnes like a Dogge.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 427 The Teeth, and gaping Jaws severely grin.1713 J. Addison Cato iv. i. 52 I saw the hoary Traytor Grin in the Pangs of Death, and bite the Ground.1767 W. Harte Amaranth 97 A skeleton..Whose loose teeth in their naked sockets shook, And grinn'd terrific.1803 H. K. White Gondoline in Clifton Grove 60 The mouth it ghastly grinn'd.1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 33 Here grins the wolf as when he died.1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pilgrims of Rhine xii. 148 The Fox grinned with pain, and said nothing.figurative and in extended use.1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (Horstm.) 23 My penne also gynnyth make obstacle..For I so ofte haue maad to grenne Hys snowte vp-on my thombys ende.a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. vii. 70 Then shall hell gape and gryn.1663 J. Berkenhead Assembly-man 16 His Sermon and Prayer grin at each other, the one is Presbyterian, the other Independent.1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 37 From this Point..a Dozen Guns more that grin upon Maderas.

b. by way of a forced or unnatural smile, or of the broad smile indicative of unrestrained or vulgar merriment, clownish embarrassment, stupid wonder or exultation, or the like. Const. at, on.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > smile [verb (intransitive)] > grin(s)

grina1500

girn1562

to grin like a Cheshire cat1770

a1500 Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Bk. (Harl. 541) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 20 Loke þou laughe not, nor grenne.

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) cv. 53 Grynne when he laugheth.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. E8^v All..Gently grenning, shew a semblance glad To comfort her.

1621 G. Wither Motto (new ed.) sig. B2^v I cannot..grin When he a causeles laughter doth begin.

1682 J. Dryden Religio Laici Pref. sig. b1 The most Saintlike of the Party..grin'd at it with a pious smile.

1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 65 Athens' Fool Grinn'd from the Port, on ev'ry Sail his Own.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 257 With rash and aukward force the chords he shakes, And grins with wonder at the jar he makes.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 285 They often grinned and capered with heavy hearts.

Phrase.1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxix. 160 He grinned from ear to ear at every word he said.

c. to grin for (a prize): in quot. in indirect passive. (Cf. grinning n. Compounds.)

ΚΠ

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 173. ¶2 A Gold Ring to be Grinn'd for by Men.

†d. quasi-transitive. to grin the teeth. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > look angry > draw back lips in anger

grinOE

to grin the teethc1430

girnc1440

tusk1616

c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 4916 He grenned his teth, and gan to swere.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 98 b/2 They wyth~sayde it in theyr hertes and grennyd theyr teeth ayenst hym.

1623 J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. 8 in Dict. Spanish & Eng. Dogs, in grinning their teeth, when they would bite, sound this letter R.

1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia in Fables 564 They neither could defend, nor can pursue, But grin'd their Teeth, and cast a helpless view.

e. with cognate object.

ΚΠ

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 846 He [sc. Satan] ceas'd, for both seemd highly pleasd, and Death Grinnd horrible a gastly smile.

1884 G. A. Sala Journey due South (1887) i. xxvi. 356 The gaunt hobbledehoy..grinning a very unlovely grin.

f. Of a coat of paint: to show through (an upper coat). Also used of other surfaces that exhibit gaps.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > show through

transpare1604

to show through1829

grin1854

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 291 You must undo your work, the stitches grin so.

1901 in Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 8 225/2 The priming coat grins through the paint of the sashes.

1916 R. A. Freeman Exploits of Danby Croker vii. 145 When you have drilled the holes, you must put a drop of walnut stain in each, or else they ‘grin’.

1966 Times 25 Apr. 13/1 Tufting can produce a wide range of fabric qualities,..though cheaper ones have a tendency to ‘grin’.., that is, to show the backing through the all-too-sparse pile.

a. transitive. To express by grinning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (transitive)] > distort

wringa1300

fleer?a1400

writhec1425

cringe1594

screw1601

scringe1608

grin1681

to screw up1692

prim1707

frown1775

wring1806

wreathe1813

squinch1840

1681 N. Lee in Dryden's Wks. (1701) III. p. vii Even the Phanaticks..Bow in their own despite, and grin your Praise.

1732 Ld. Lansdowne Ess. Unnat. Flights 62 He grins defiance at the gaping crowd.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvii. 248 The surgeon grinned approbation.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Devil vi. 3 Grinning applause, he just showed them his claws.

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xxi. iv. 452 You do not much mean this, Monsieur? You merely grin it from the teeth outward?

1894 Outing 24 40/2 We grinned farewells.

b. intransitive. Of a feeling: To find expression by grinning.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiv. x. 192 The counterfeit Satisfaction which grinned in the Features of the young one.

3. Phrases. to grin and abide, to grin and bear it: to submit to one's fate with no other sign of impatience than a grin. to grin in a glass case (slang: see quot. 1785). to grin like a Cheshire cat (see cat n.¹ 13f). to grin through a horse-collar (see horse-collar n.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > must as decreed by fate [verb (intransitive)] > endure one's fate

to dree one's weirdc1400

to grin and abide1785

to grin and bear ita1827

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Grin To grin in a glass case, to be anatomised for murder.

1794 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. 424 Thus we have a proverb where no help could be had in pain, ‘to grin and abide’.

1813 E. S. Barrett Heroine III. xxxix. 151 I heard a sudden disturbance below; his lordship crying out, ‘Oh, what shall I do?’ and Jerry bidding him ‘grin and bear it’.

a1827 W. Hickey Mem. (1960) viii. 132 Vexed at..the childishness of his behaviour, I answered, ‘I recommend you to grin and bear it’—an expression used by sailors after a long continuance of bad weather.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ in M. Porter Ann. Publishing House (1898) III. ii. 51 ‘Adam Bede’ flourishes, so I grins and bears it!

1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. ix. 190 I must grin and bear it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹c825

n.²1656

v.¹a850

v.²OE

单词	grin
释义	grinn.¹ Forms: α. Old English, Middle English–1600s, 1800s grin, Old English, Middle English, 1800s gryn, Middle English grun, Middle English grine, Middle English gryne, (Middle English grynde), Middle English–1500s grynne, (1500s grynn), 1500s grinne, 1600s grinn. β. Middle English grene, Middle English green. γ. Middle English–1500s grenne, 1500s gren. Etymology: Old English grin , gryn feminine and neuter (also giren in Vespasian Psalter, compare girn n.¹). The evidence of metre seems to show that there were two distinct Old English forms, grĭn neuter (plural grĭnu ) and grín feminine; but the Middle English and modern English words descend exclusively from the form with short vowel. The form grĭn , standing alone, might be cognate with grane n. and yarn n., but the existence of a form with ī can hardly be reconciled with this. 1. a. A snare for catching birds or animals, made of cord, hair, wire, or the like, with a running noose. Obsolete exc. dialect or archaic.In the Bible of 1611 grin is found in certain passages (Job xviii. 9, Psalm cxl. 5, cxli, 9) where modern editions read gin. The altered reading is found in an edition printed at Cambridge in 1762; Cruden's Conc. 1737–69 retains the original reading. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] grinc825 trapa1000 snarea1100 swikea1100 granea1250 springec1275 gina1300 gnarea1325 stringc1325 trebuchet1362 latch?a1366 leashc1374 snarlc1380 foot gina1382 foot-grina1382 traina1393 sinewa1400 snatcha1400 foot trapa1425 haucepyc1425 slingc1425 engine1481 swar1488 frame1509 brakea1529 fang1535 fall trap1570 spring1578 box-trapa1589 spring trapa1589 sprint1599 noosec1600 springle1602 springe1607 toil1607 plage1608 deadfall1631 puppy snatch1650 snickle1681 steel trap1735 figure (of) four1743 gun-trap1749 stamp1788 stell1801 springer1813 sprent1822 livetrap1823 snaphance1831 catch pole1838 twitch-up1841 basket-trap1866 pole trap1879 steel fall1895 tread-trap1952 conibear trap1957 conibear1958 α. c825 Vesp. Psalter ix. 16 In grin ðissum..gegripen is fot heara. c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) lxv. 10 Þu us on grame..gryne gelæddest. c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) xc. 3 He me alysde of laðum grine. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 209 Ure fo fareð on hunteð and leið grune in a wilderne to henten þe deor þe wunieð þerinne. a1225 St. Marher. 3 Þe fuhel þe is fon i þe fuheleres grune. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1057 Thu were i-nime in one grine. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xiv. lii. (Tollem. MS.) Also fouleres hiden ofte here grynnes [1535 grennes] and here nettes. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 250 Whanne a sparowe is takyn in a grynde. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 21 The preest..had sette a gryn..for he wold fayn haue take the foxe. 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xc. 112 b So doth the foule flie safe betweene the line and the grin. 1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 3 All sorts of faire fowle..Are with ingenious Iins, grins, nets and snares..oft taken vnawares. 1652 J. Trapp Comm. Esther vii. 8 Made to stand upon snares or grinnes with iron teeth. a1693 M. Bruce Good News in Evil Times (1708) 39 The Grins and Snares laid for them. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Grin, a snare, as for a hare or rabbit. 1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox 58 The poor trapped beast At last broke from the gryn. β. 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms cxxxix. [cxl.] 5 Proude men hidden a grene to me. And cordis thei straȝten out in to a grene; by side the weie sclaunder thei putten to me.1382 J. Wyclif Prov. vii. 23 As if a brid heeȝe to the grene.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 385 Maydens of Athene were compelled as it were to snarles and grenes [printed greues].14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 591/42 Laqueus, a lace, a grene.c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 164 A green another hath for hem [moles] ytilde: To take hem therwithal is not vnlike.γ. a1380 Virg. Antioch 360 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 31 Out of þat hous, as brid fro gren, Heo fleih awei and scaped þen.1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles ii. 188 Lymed leues were leyde all abouȝte..With grennes of good heere.1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxviii. 239 He shal be hold and teyde with a grenne.1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms cxxiv. 331 Euen as the bird out of the foulers grenne [rhymes with then, men].1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn laqs, a snare, a gren, a gin, a trap. b. figurative or in figurative expressions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] neteOE angleOE grinc1000 trapc1175 caltropa1300 lacec1330 girnc1375 espyc1380 webc1400 hook1430 settingc1430 lure1463 stall?a1500 stalea1529 toil1548 intrap1550 hose-net1554 gudgeon1577 mousetrap1577 trapfall1596 ensnarementa1617 decoy1655 cobweba1657 trepan1665 snap1844 deadfall1860 Judas1907 tanglefoot1908 catch-221963 trip-wire1971 c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) xvii. 5 Deaðes grynu me gefengon. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 209 Liðere lahtres beð his grunen. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 47 Hi ne heþ leme ine hire bodye þet ne is a gryn of þe dyeule. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. vii. 73 Bileue him not..þouȝ he ofte tymes tende to þe grynnes of deceite. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xxii Ye lyke good chrysten people auoydyng theyre false traynes and grynnis, geue none eare to theyre heynowse heresyes. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Gal. Argt. Men ought..not to haue their consciences snared into the grennes of mans traditions. 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 34 Vnder that same baite a fearefull grin Was readie to intangle him in sinne. 1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 140 Rid me from fatall grins Of passions abused. †2. a. A noose. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvii. 5 And he awearp þa scyllingas inon þæt templ & ferde & mid gryne [v.r. grine] hyne sylfne aheng. b. A halter. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Dogal o cordel A cord, a rope,..a grin to hold a horse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). grinn.² Brit. /ɡrɪn/, U.S. /ɡrɪn/ Forms: Also 1700s grinn. Etymology: < grin v.²; compare girn n.² a. An act of grinning. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [noun] > a smile > a grin girn1636 grin1656 1656 A. Cowley Davideis iii. 96 in Poems He walks, and casts a deadly grin about. a1661 B. Holyday in tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) Pref. 3 A perpetual grin does rather anger than mend. 1710 W. Congreve Of Pleasing in Wks. III. 1064 Thersites..Attempts a Smile, and shocks you with a Grin. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 173. ¶5 He showed twenty Teeth at a Grinn. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 173. ⁋5 They found he was Master only of the merry Grinn. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Lett. (1837) II. 113 The French grin is equally remote from the chearful serenity of a smile, and the cordial mirth of an honest English horse-laugh. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 178 These move the censure and illib'ral grin Of fools that hate thee and delight in sin. 1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein III. iii. 43 A ghastly grin wrinkled his lips as he gazed on me. 1874 J. C. Geikie Life in Woods (ed. 2) xviii. 310 He ended with a broad grin. 1884 G. A. Sala Journey due South (1887) i. xxvi. 356 The gaunt hobbledehoy..grinning a very unlovely grin. in extended use.a1891 J. R. Lowell Old Eng. Dramatists (1892) i. 22 Like a belated masquerader going home under the broad grin of day. b. on the (broad or †high) grin: grinning (openly and unmistakeably). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adverb] > grinning on the (broad or high) grin1738 grinningly1755 all agrin1828 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 26 What! you would not have one be always on the high Grin. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. viii. 73 They were all on the broad grin except myself. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 123 A ring..thickly gemmed around with faces, mostly on the broad grin. 1884 Punch 25 Oct. 196/2 He is perpetually on the grin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). grinv.¹ Forms: Old English grinian, Middle English grene, (1800s green), 1600s, 1800s grin. Etymology: < grin n.¹; independently formed at different periods. Compare grane v. Obsolete exc. dialect. transitive. To catch in a noose; to snare, ensnare; to choke, strangle. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > trap grina850 latchc1175 snarl1398 snarea1425 caltropc1440 trapa1500 attrap1524 gin1583 toil1592 springe1606 snickle1615 wire1749 a850 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 59/9 Inlaqueatus es, ðu eart gegrinad. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. viii. 15 Manye of hem shul..ben to-brosid, and grened [L. irretientur], and ben taken. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. vii. 21 She grenede hym with manye woordis. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 51 It semiþ þat lewid men hiring prestis..are grenid [printed greuid] in þe same synne. 1622 S. Ward Woe to Drunkards (1627) 18 I haue..heard of one that, hauing stolne a sheepe, and laying it downe vpon a stone to rest him, was grin'd and hang'd with the strugling of it about his necke. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 155 Green, throttle—choak. A tight collar is said to green a horse. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Grinning Hares, the devilish art of setting gins..to hang hares. 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 449 Grin, v., to take hares or game by means of a running noose set in those particular parts of a hedge through which they are accustomed to pass. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Grinned, trapped in a ‘grin’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). grinv.² Brit. /ɡrɪn/, U.S. /ɡrɪn/ Forms: α. Old English grennian, Middle English grennen, Middle English–1500s grenne, (Middle English grennyn), 1500s gren. β. Middle English gryn, Middle English–1500s grynne, 1600s grinne, Middle English– grin. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: The Old English gręnnian ( < Old Germanic type granjôjan) is cognate with Old High German grennan* to mutter (Middle High German grennen to grin) < Old Germanic granjan; possibly related to granâ moustache. A root of identical form appears in Old High German granôn to grunt (Middle High German granen, grannen to grunt, wail), Old Norse grenja to howl, Old Swedish gränia to roar, to gnash or show the teeth threateningly. The modern English grin appears to be only a phonetic development, originally northern, of the older gren- (compare glent and glint , hent and hint ), but it presents a remarkable contact of sense and form with a number of Germanic words belonging to a different ablaut-series: Old High German grînan strong verb to distort the countenance, gnash the teeth, grin, weep profusely (Middle High German grînan , modern German greinen weak), modern Dutch grijnen (the modern Icelandic grína to stare, Swedish grina , Dutch grine to grin, are perhaps < Low German); further Middle High German grinnen to gnash the teeth, Middle Dutch grinsen (modern Dutch grijnzen ), modern German grinsen to grin. There has probably been some associative influence between the two Germanic forms gran- and grῑn- , the latter of which appears to be an extension of the root grῑ- of Old English gríma mask. girn v.¹ is a northern metathetic form of grin. 1. intransitive. Of persons or animals: To draw back the lips and display the teeth: a. generally, or as an indication of pain or †anger; † also to grin with the teeth. Const. at, †on, †upon. Said also of the jaws or teeth. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > be painful [verb (intransitive)] > express pain grinOE quetchc1225 singc1386 quinch1511 complain1600 flincha1677 the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > look angry > draw back lips in anger grinOE to grin the teethc1430 girnc1440 tusk1616 α. OE Cynewulf Juliana 596 Þa se dema wearð hreoh ond hygegrim, ongan his hrægl teran, swylce he grennade ond gristbitade, wedde on gewitte swa wilde deor. a1050 Liber Scintill. (1889) lv. 172 Nelle þu grenniendum [L. dissolutis] welerum hleahter forðbringan. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 158 Ha schulen ham seolf grennen & niuelen..inþe pine of helle. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 84/36 He grennede and femde touward hire. ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 156 Y-frounced foule was hir visage, And grenning for dispitous rage. a1400 Coer de L. 3406 Lay every hed on a plater..Upward hys vys, the teeth grennand. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) ii. li. 53 This cruel Sathanas, that so fowle grenneth vppon me. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 58 Þe hound of wrechfulnes grenniþ wiþ his teþ. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxxiii. 667 The catte..grenned with his teth, and coveited the throte of the kynge. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 574/2 I grenne, I make an yvell countenaunce, je grongne. 1539 Bible (Great) Psalms lix. 6 They grenne lyke a dogg. 1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. lxxxiij^v Grennyng vpon her lyke termagauntes in a playe. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. xii. sig. Kk2^v And some of Tygres, that did seeme to gren, And snar at all, that euer passed by. View more context for this quotation β. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7411 Ilk ane salle other hate dedly, And ilk ane gryn on other and cry.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11878 He liftid up his lathli chin, And felunli gan on þaim grin.c1400 Rowland & O. 1322 Whi grynnes thou nowe so one mee As thofe thou wolde mee byte?c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 2630 Y^t the Jewes..shuld..grynne on hym like beestes.1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. D^v As the wolfe doth grin before he barketh. View more context for this quotation1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iv. sig. P5^v Which when as Radigund there comming heard, Her heart for rage did grate, and teeth did grin . View more context for this quotation1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus v. iv. 2231 Nought can great Furor do, but barke and howle, And snarle and grin.1629 J. Gaule Distractions 210 Grinnes like a Dogge.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 427 The Teeth, and gaping Jaws severely grin.1713 J. Addison Cato iv. i. 52 I saw the hoary Traytor Grin in the Pangs of Death, and bite the Ground.1767 W. Harte Amaranth 97 A skeleton..Whose loose teeth in their naked sockets shook, And grinn'd terrific.1803 H. K. White Gondoline in Clifton Grove 60 The mouth it ghastly grinn'd.1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 33 Here grins the wolf as when he died.1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pilgrims of Rhine xii. 148 The Fox grinned with pain, and said nothing.figurative and in extended use.1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (Horstm.) 23 My penne also gynnyth make obstacle..For I so ofte haue maad to grenne Hys snowte vp-on my thombys ende.a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. vii. 70 Then shall hell gape and gryn.1663 J. Berkenhead Assembly-man 16 His Sermon and Prayer grin at each other, the one is Presbyterian, the other Independent.1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 37 From this Point..a Dozen Guns more that grin upon Maderas. b. by way of a forced or unnatural smile, or of the broad smile indicative of unrestrained or vulgar merriment, clownish embarrassment, stupid wonder or exultation, or the like. Const. at, on. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > smile [verb (intransitive)] > grin(s) grina1500 girn1562 to grin like a Cheshire cat1770 a1500 Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Bk. (Harl. 541) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 20 Loke þou laughe not, nor grenne. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) cv. 53 Grynne when he laugheth. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. E8^v All..Gently grenning, shew a semblance glad To comfort her. 1621 G. Wither Motto (new ed.) sig. B2^v I cannot..grin When he a causeles laughter doth begin. 1682 J. Dryden Religio Laici Pref. sig. b1 The most Saintlike of the Party..grin'd at it with a pious smile. 1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 65 Athens' Fool Grinn'd from the Port, on ev'ry Sail his Own. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 257 With rash and aukward force the chords he shakes, And grins with wonder at the jar he makes. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 285 They often grinned and capered with heavy hearts. Phrase.1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxix. 160 He grinned from ear to ear at every word he said. c. to grin for (a prize): in quot. in indirect passive. (Cf. grinning n. Compounds.) ΚΠ 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 173. ¶2 A Gold Ring to be Grinn'd for by Men. †d. quasi-transitive. to grin the teeth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > look angry > draw back lips in anger grinOE to grin the teethc1430 girnc1440 tusk1616 c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 4916 He grenned his teth, and gan to swere. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 98 b/2 They wyth~sayde it in theyr hertes and grennyd theyr teeth ayenst hym. 1623 J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. 8 in Dict. Spanish & Eng. Dogs, in grinning their teeth, when they would bite, sound this letter R. 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia in Fables 564 They neither could defend, nor can pursue, But grin'd their Teeth, and cast a helpless view. e. with cognate object. ΚΠ 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 846 He [sc. Satan] ceas'd, for both seemd highly pleasd, and Death Grinnd horrible a gastly smile. View more context for this quotation 1884 G. A. Sala Journey due South (1887) i. xxvi. 356 The gaunt hobbledehoy..grinning a very unlovely grin. f. Of a coat of paint: to show through (an upper coat). Also used of other surfaces that exhibit gaps. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > show through transpare1604 to show through1829 grin1854 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 291 You must undo your work, the stitches grin so. 1901 in Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 8 225/2 The priming coat grins through the paint of the sashes. 1916 R. A. Freeman Exploits of Danby Croker vii. 145 When you have drilled the holes, you must put a drop of walnut stain in each, or else they ‘grin’. 1966 Times 25 Apr. 13/1 Tufting can produce a wide range of fabric qualities,..though cheaper ones have a tendency to ‘grin’.., that is, to show the backing through the all-too-sparse pile. 2. a. transitive. To express by grinning. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (transitive)] > distort wringa1300 fleer?a1400 writhec1425 cringe1594 screw1601 scringe1608 grin1681 to screw up1692 prim1707 frown1775 wring1806 wreathe1813 squinch1840 1681 N. Lee in Dryden's Wks. (1701) III. p. vii Even the Phanaticks..Bow in their own despite, and grin your Praise. 1732 Ld. Lansdowne Ess. Unnat. Flights 62 He grins defiance at the gaping crowd. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvii. 248 The surgeon grinned approbation. a1822 P. B. Shelley Devil vi. 3 Grinning applause, he just showed them his claws. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xxi. iv. 452 You do not much mean this, Monsieur? You merely grin it from the teeth outward? 1894 Outing 24 40/2 We grinned farewells. b. intransitive. Of a feeling: To find expression by grinning.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiv. x. 192 The counterfeit Satisfaction which grinned in the Features of the young one. View more context for this quotation 3. Phrases. to grin and abide, to grin and bear it: to submit to one's fate with no other sign of impatience than a grin. to grin in a glass case (slang: see quot. 1785). to grin like a Cheshire cat (see cat n.¹ 13f). to grin through a horse-collar (see horse-collar n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > must as decreed by fate [verb (intransitive)] > endure one's fate to dree one's weirdc1400 to grin and abide1785 to grin and bear ita1827 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Grin To grin in a glass case, to be anatomised for murder. 1794 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. 424 Thus we have a proverb where no help could be had in pain, ‘to grin and abide’. 1813 E. S. Barrett Heroine III. xxxix. 151 I heard a sudden disturbance below; his lordship crying out, ‘Oh, what shall I do?’ and Jerry bidding him ‘grin and bear it’. a1827 W. Hickey Mem. (1960) viii. 132 Vexed at..the childishness of his behaviour, I answered, ‘I recommend you to grin and bear it’—an expression used by sailors after a long continuance of bad weather. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ in M. Porter Ann. Publishing House (1898) III. ii. 51 ‘Adam Bede’ flourishes, so I grins and bears it! 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. ix. 190 I must grin and bear it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c825n.²1656v.¹a850v.²OE
随便看	tosscup tossed tossed in tossed off tossed out tosser tossers tosses tosses in tosses off tosses out tosshalfpenny tossily tossing tossing in tossing iron tossing off tossing out tossing-pan tossingly tossingpan tossings tossloser tossment tossoff

grinn.1

grinn.2

grinv.1

grinv.2

grinn.¹

grinn.²

grinv.¹

grinv.²