subs. (common).—A schoolmaster, especially a pedant. Also GERUND-GRINDING.
1759–67. STERNE, Tristram Shandy, iv., 112. Tutors, governors, GERUND-GRINDERS, and bear-leaders.
1788. V. KNOX, Winter Evenings, 59. A pedant, a mere plodder, a petty tyrant, a GERUND-GRINDER.
1825–7. HONE, The Every-day Book, II., p. 33. GERUND-GRINDING and parsing are usually prepared for at the last moment.
