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Webster 1913 Edition

Grit

Grit

,
Noun.
[OE,
greet
,
greot
, sand, gravel, AS.
greót
grit, sant, dust; akin to OS
griott
, OFries.
gret
gravel, OHG.
grioz
, G.
griess
, Icel.
grjōt
, and to E.
groats
,
grout
. See
Groats
,
Grout
, and cf.
Grail
gravel.]
1.
Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
2.
The coarse part of meal.
3.
pl.
Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
4.
(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
.
5.
Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen;
as, a hone of good
grit
.
6.
Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
C. Reade.
E. P. Whipple.

Grit

(grĭt)
,
Verb.
I.
To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
The sanded floor that
grits
beneath the tread.
Goldsmith.

Grit

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gritted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gritting
.]
To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate;
as, to grit the teeth
.
[Collog.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Grit

GRIT

, n.
1.
The coarse part of meal.
2.
Oats hulled, or coarsely ground; written also groats.
3.
Sand or gravel; rough hard particles.
4.
Sandstone; stone composed of particles of sand agglutinated.

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