noun
(uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.
(countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.
verb
(transitive) To grind down.
verb
(intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To grow languid; to faint.
noun
(obsolete) A faint or swoon.