grouting

[grout] Origin

grout

[grout]
noun
1.
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
2.
a coat of plaster for finishing a ceiling or interior wall.
3.
Usually, grouts. lees; grounds.
4.
Archaic.
a.
coarse meal or porridge.
b.
grouts, groats.
verb (used with object)
5.
to fill or consolidate with grout.
6.
to use as grout.

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Grouting is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

Origin:
before 1150; Middle English; Old English grūt; see grits, groats, grit

grout·er, noun
un·grout·ed, adjective
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grout
1587, "thin, fluid mortar," originally "coarse porridge," from O.E. gruta (pl.) "coarse meal," related to O.E. grytta (see grits).
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