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grout

graʊt
WordNet
  1. (v) grout
    bind with grout "grout the bathtub"
  2. (n) grout
    a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Grout
    A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in finishing the best ceilings.
  2. Grout
    Coarse meal; ground malt;
  3. Grout
    Formerly, a kind of beer or ale.
  4. Grout
    Lees; dregs; grounds. "Grouts of tea."
  5. Grout
    To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) grout
    Coarse meal; pollard; in the plural, groats; also, porridge made of such meal.
  2. (n) grout
    Wort when first prepared, and before it has begun to ferment.
  3. (n) grout
    Lees; grounds; dregs.
  4. (n) grout
    Mud; dirt; filth.
  5. (n) grout
    A thin coarse mortar poured into the joints of masonry and brickwork.
  6. (n) grout
    A finishing or setting coat of fine stuff for ceilings.
  7. grout
    Made with or consisting of grout.
  8. grout
    To fill up or form with grout, as the joints or spaces between stones; use as grout.
  9. grout
    To bore with the snout, or dig up like a hog.
  10. grout
    A dialectal form of great, seen in composition, as in grouthead, groutnoll.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Grout
    growt coarse meal: the sediment of liquor: lees: a thin coarse mortar: a fine plaster for finishing ceilings
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary AS. grūt,; akin to grytt, G. grütze, griess, Icel. grautr, Lith. grudas, corn, kernel, and E. groats,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. grút, coarse meal; cog. with Dut. grut, Ice. grautr, porridge, Ger. grütze, groats.

Usage in the news

" Grouts typically are cement-based products and are available as sanded or unsanded," said Levinson. kbbonline.com

Quartz-Lock grout is an excellent replacement product for epoxy and cement grouts . marconews.com

A Tile Grout That Works. marconews.com

The next step was to develop a grout that is as easy to clean as the tile. marconews.com

PumpMaster Grout Pump Airplaco Equipment Company Cincinnati. masonrymagazine.com

Airplaco's PumpMaster grout pump is used for masonry block fill. masonrymagazine.com

The PumpMaster PG-25, known as P-Rock, was developed after refining the PumpMaster model PG-21 grout pump. masonrymagazine.com

Memorial services for Rosa (Moehring) Grout , 95, of Sault St Marie, Mich. And formerly of Glencoe, will be held at 11 am, Thursday, March 25, from the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Glencoe. herald-journal.com

Grout 's benefactor this year was Cook Security Group of Milwaukie. portlandtribune.com

In the 1970s, he advocated for what was then a controversial change in the water-cement ratio for structural grout . enr.construction.com

( photo by Phil Grout / November 10, 2012 ). baltimoresun.com

The Shenendehowa boys cross country team lived up to the preseason hype at last Saturday's Grout Run at Schenectady's Central Park. spotlightnews.com

( Photo by Phil Grout / August 22, 2012 ). baltimoresun.com

Gently rub grout off seashells , too. yankeemagazine.com

( photo by Phil Grout / July 29, 2012 ). baltimoresun.com

Usage in scientific papers

Bill Blume, Rudolf Eigenmann, Keith Faigin, John Grout, Jay Hoe, David Padua, Paul Petersen, Bill Pottenger, Lawrence Rauchwerger, Peng Tu, and Stephen Weatherford.
The Multi-Core Era - Trends and Challenges

SiD expects to move on hardened steel rails, grouted and locked to the floor.
SiD Letter of Intent

Usage in literature

The last hunt-morning you breakfasted here you threw the coffee-grouts into the sugar-basin, when I let you help me. "The Kellys and the O'Kellys" by Anthony Trollope

Another method, which has rather fallen into disuse, is grouting. "Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887" by Various

They should continue to be carefully grouted and faced until settlement is complete. "Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888" by Various

This was done by drilling into the rock holes from 6 to 15 ft. in depth, and grouting into each hole a 1-1/2-in. "Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910" by B.F. Cresson, Jr

Except as previously noted, the voids outside of the tunnel lining were filled with grout ejected through the grout holes in each segment. "Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910" by James H. Brace, Francis Mason and S. H. Woodard

As a partridge grouts with her wings in a dusty furrow, so he worked in the powdered snow to make her a nest. "Lore of Proserpine" by Maurice Hewlett

Grout pipes were built into the masonry and later all voids were filled with grout. "Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910" by James H. Brace and Francis Mason

The patriots and sages who framed our Constitution grouted it with this principle. "The Arena" by Various

Princeton, Mrs. L. M. Grout, 2. "The American Missionary -- Volume 54, No. 4, October, 1900" by Various

After the pavement has been grouted, the wooden strip is pulled out and the joint is filled with a suitable bituminous filler. "American Rural Highways" by T. R. Agg

Usage in poetry
"Soul of Khons!" Sesostris shouted,
Striding down the planks blood-grouted—
Into his beard fell something light,
And he spat, and swooned with fright.
"Lita of the Nile" by Richard Doddridge Blackmore Author object (554)