Grout (?), n. [AS. grut; akin to grytt, G. grutze, 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.
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Grout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grouting.]
To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.
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