Definition of grit

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Grit (n.) 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..

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Grith :: Grith (n.) Peace; security; agreement.
Gritty :: Gritty (a.) Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
Grit :: Grit (n.) The coarse part of meal.
Peagrit :: Peagrit (n.) A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite.
Falsehood :: Falsehood (n.) A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.
Swarm :: Swarf (n.) The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.
Irreproachableness :: Irreproachableness (n.) The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.
Probity :: Probity (n.) Tried virtue or integrity; approved moral excellence; honesty; rectitude; uprightness.
Groats :: Groats (n. pl.) Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits..
Gritted :: Gritted (imp. & p. p.) of Gri.
Impalpable :: Impalpable (a.) Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch..
Calculous :: Calculous (a.) Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion..
Nigritude :: Nigritude (n.) Blackness; the state of being black.
Honesty :: Honesty (a.) The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile..
Grittiness :: Grittiness (n.) The quality of being gritty.
Cauda Galli :: Cauda galli () A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit..
Freestone :: Freestone (n.) A stone composed of sand or grit; -- so called because it is easily cut or wrought.
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes..
Negritos :: Negritos (n. pl.) A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads..
Nationality :: Nationality (n.) Existence as a distinct or individual nation; national unity and integrity.
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