grindle

The name would have a parallel in the Modern English grindle, grundel, German grundel, a fish haunting the bottom of the water.

After which he hastily told Cooper what they had learned from Dr. Grindle.

I have talked with Dr. Grindle this morning, and he encouraged me to believe that Roy would come through all right.

From it, probably, is derived the surname Grindle, Grindall (Bardsley).