Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Grout"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grout \Grout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grouted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Grouting}.]
To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between
stones.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grout \Grout\, n. [AS. grut; akin to grytt, G. gr["u]tze,
griess, Icel. grautr, Lith. grudas corn, kernel, and Z.
groats.]
1. Coarse meal; ground malt; pl. groats.
2. Formerly, a kind of beer or ale. [Eng.]
3. pl. Lees; dregs; grounds. [Eng.] ``Grouts of tea.''
--Dickens.
4. A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of
masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in
finishing the best ceilings. Gwilt.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
grout
n : a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in
masonry or brickwork
v : bind with grout; "grout the bathtub"
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