| Grit (grit) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Grit |
[OE, greet,
greot, sand, gravel, AS. greót grit, sant, dust;
akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG.
grioz, G. griess, Icel. grj t, and to E.
groats, grout |
Sand or gravel; rough,
hard particles.
The coarse part of meal.
Grain, esp. oats or wheat,
hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked
wheat smaller than groats.
A hard, coarse-grained
siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also
gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a
finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit.
Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen;
as, a hone of good grit.
Firmness of mind; invincible spirit;
unyielding courage; fortitude.
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| Grit (grit) |
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| v. i. | (gr***ibreve]t) |
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| Grit |
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To give
forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to
grind.
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To grind] to rub harshly together; to grate;
as, to grit the teeth.
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