\Grub\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Grubbed}, p. pr. & vb. n.
{Grubbing}.] [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab, grope.]
1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object
   that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in
   digging.
2. To drudge; to do menial work. --Richardson.

\Grub\, v. t.
1. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; --
   followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.
         They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin.
                                               --Hare.
2. To supply with food. [Slang] --Dickens.

\Grub\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle;
   -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of {Goldsmith
   beetle}, under {Goldsmith}.
         Yet your butterfly was a grub.        --Shak.
2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
{Grub ax} or {axe}, a kind of mattock used in grubbing up
   roots, etc.
{Grub breaker}. Same as {Grub hook} (below).
{Grub hoe}, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
{Grub hook}, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
   breaking roots, etc.
{Grub saw}, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
{Grub Street}, a street in London (now called {Milton
   Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as ``much inhabited by
   writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
   poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet.''
   As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
   of, Grub Street.
         I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
                                               --Gap.