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noun

Grit n.

Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.

The coarse part of meal.

pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.

(Geol.) 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.

verb

Grit v. t. (past & past part. gritted; pres. part. gritting) To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. (Collog.)

Grit v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind. "The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread."

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"Grit" Quotes from Famous Books

... a man's fight against a river and of a struggle between honesty and grit on the one side, and dishonesty and shrewdness on ...

— The Price • Francis Lynde

... building occupied the entire width of the cave, without reaching to the roof. The floor of the house was scarcely two yards broad, but the building widened out very much, following the shape of the cave. The materials used in the construction were stone and mud or, rather, reddish grit; and smaller stones had been put between larger ones in an irregular way. The walls were only five or six inches thick and were plastered with mud. An upright pole supported the ceiling, which was rather ...

— Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) • Carl Lumholtz

... understand such language,' said Alden. (For he was fairly riled, and got his dander up, and when he shows clear grit, he looks wicked ugly, I tell you.) 'I don't understand such language, sir; I came here to consult you professionally, and not to be—' 'Don't understand!' said the Doctor, 'why it's plain English; but here, read my book!' and he shoved a book into his hands ...

— The Clockmaker • Thomas Chandler Haliburton

... and only for your partner's grit the teams wouldn't have been saved. When we saw the whole blame ravine tumbling in the only thing that struck us was to light out quick, and we did it in a hurry, not stopping to think. Something else struck your partner, too, a devastatin' load of dirt coming down on the teams, and he ...

— Lorimer of the Northwest • Harold Bindloss

... sitting-room, he found a torn envelope, and began picking up some specks of grit from the carpet, each of which went into a corner of the envelope, which he folded and stowed away. Then he bent over the fireplace and rummaged among the cinders. Three calcined lumps, not wholly consumed, ...

— The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley • Louis Tracy

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