Definition of grit

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Grit (v. t.) To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth..

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Honest :: Honest (a.) Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession..
Right :: Right (a.) A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.
Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness..
Grit :: Grit (n.) The coarse part of meal.
Tophaceous :: Tophaceous (a.) Gritty; sandy; rough; stony.
Nigritude :: Nigritude (n.) Blackness; the state of being black.
Peagrit :: Peagrit (n.) A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite.
Grit :: Grit (v. t.) To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth..
Negrita :: Negrita (n.) A blackish fish (Hypoplectrus nigricans), of the Sea-bass family. It is a native of the West Indies and Florida..
Sclerenchyma :: Sclerenchyma (n.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic..
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..
Gritstone :: Gritstone (n.) See Grit, n., 4..
Sand :: Sand (n.) Courage; pluck; grit.
Grit :: Grit (n.) Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit..
Pisolite :: Pisolite (n.) A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also peastone, peagrit..
Holiness :: Holiness (n.) The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence.
Negritic :: Negritic (a.) Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes.
Cauda Galli :: Cauda galli () A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit..
Gritted :: Gritted (imp. & p. p.) of Gri.
Longmynd Rocks :: Longmynd rocks () The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire..
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