GROUTING

Etymology

Verb

grouting

present participle of grout

Noun

grouting (plural groutings)

An application of grout.

Source: Wiktionary


Grout"ing, n.

Definition: The process of filling in or finishing with grout; also, the grout thus filled in. Gwilt.

GROUT

Grout, n. Etym: [AS. grut; akin to grytt, G. grütze, 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.

Definition: 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.

Grout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grouting.]

Definition: To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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