grind

   1.  [MIT  and  Berkeley;  now  rare]  To  prettify  hardcopy of code,
   especially  LISP  code,  by  reindenting lines, printing keywords and
   comments  in  distinct  fonts  (if  available),  etc.  This usage was
   associated  with the MacLISP community and is now rare; {prettyprint}
   was and is the generic term for such operations.

   2.  [Unix]  To  generate the formatted version of a document from the
   {troff}, {TeX}, or Scribe source.

   3. [common] To run seemingly interminably, esp. (but not necessarily)
   if  performing  some  tedious and inherently useless task. Similar to
   {crunch}  or  {grovel}.  Grinding has a connotation of using a lot of
   CPU  time, but it is possible to grind a disk, network, etc. See also
   {hog}.

   4. To make the whole system slow. "Troff really grinds a {PDP-11}."

   5. grind grind excl. Roughly, "Isn't the machine slow today!"

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {chug}{grind crank}{grovel}{prettyprint}{semi}{wugga wugga}]