Definition of "grudgings" [grudgings]

• Coarse meal; grouts; the part of the corn which remains after the fine meal has passed through the sieve.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Oh what a suspected state therefore is that of a king holding his regiment with the hatred of his people, the hart grudgings of his courtiers, and the peremtorie practises of both togither?"
• "This spoke; the gods in murmuring grudgings mourn'd,"
• "Nor was it long till grudgings and envyings arose among them, such as commonly obstruct every good arrangement, and easily distort and tear in pieces everything that reasonable and thinking men would wish to keep united."