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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