Grimsby or Great Grimsby (59), a seaport of Lincolnshire, on the S. shore of the Humber, opposite Spurn Head, 20 m. SE. of Hull; was a port of importance in Edward III.'s time; is now noted as the largest fishing-port in the kingdom; has extensive docks, shipbuilding, tanning, brewing, and other industries.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Grimm's Law * Grindal, Edmund