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Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles. |
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The coarse part of meal. |
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Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in
high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats. |
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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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Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good
grit. |
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Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage;
fortitude. |
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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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