Category:Grin

Grin, n. Etym: [AS. grin.]

Defn: A snare; a gin. [Obs.] Like a bird that hasteth to his grin. Remedy of Love.

grin Grin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Grinning.] Etym: [OE. grinnen, grennen, AS. grennian, Sw. grina; akin to D. grijnen, G. greinen, OHG. grinan, Dan. grine. Groan.]

1. To show the teeth, as a dog; to shsrl.

2. To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, acorn, or pain. The pangs of death do make him grin. Shak.

grin Grin, v. t.

Defn: To express by grinning. Grinned horrible a ghastly smile.Milton.

grin Grin, n.

Defn: The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or smeering smile. I.Watts. He showed twenty teeth at a grin. Addison.