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   Grit (?), n. [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.
   
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   2. The coarse part of meal.
   
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   3. pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
   
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   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”.
   
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   5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, “a hone of good grit”.
   
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   6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.  C. Reade.  E. P. Whipple.
   
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   Grit (grĭt), v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
   
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   The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread. Goldsmith.
   
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   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.]
   
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