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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grit \Grit\, n. [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS gre['o]t grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess Icel. grj[=o]t, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grit \Grit\ (gr[i^]t), 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. --Goldsmith. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grit \Grit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gritted}; p. pr &, vb n. {Gritting}.] To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as to grit the teeth. [Collog.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grit n 1: a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [syn: {gritrock}, {gritstone}] 2: (informal) fortitude; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: {backbone}, {guts}, {sand}, {gumption}] v 1: cover with a grit; "grit roads" 2: clench together; "grit one's teeth"
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