GRIND, GRINDING
NOUNS
► SCRANCH a sharp, grinding noise; the noise made by crunching anything → 1881 Eng. dial.
VERBS
► GRINCE to grind the teeth → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PULVERIZATE to pulverize; to reduce to powder or dust; to grind, crush, break down → 1598 obs.
► SCRANCH ► SCRAUNCH ► SKRANSH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily → 1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRINGE to creak; to make a grinding, grating sound; to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread → 1853 Ireland
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