grummet

Historical Examples of grummet

• "I will ring for tea at once, and send Grummet down for Crump," said the Vicar.

  The Wonderful Visit

  Herbert George Wells

• Grummet had met him not a hundred yards from the vicarage gate.

  The Wonderful Visit

  Herbert George Wells

• His plan was to hold tight with his knees while he jerked the grummet as high as it would go, and then to swarm up again and rest.

  The Three Commanders

  W.H.G. Kingston

• For the negro, released by Grummet, despite half a pint of rum poured down his throat, is scarcely able to keep his feet.

  The Flag of Distress

  Mayne Reid

• Also, a grummet either of rope or iron, fixed to the bottom of a block, for making fast the standing end of the fall.

  The Sailor's Word-Book

  William Henry Smyth