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Definitions for: Grit
[n] (informal) fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
[n] a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
[v] clench together; "grit one's teeth"
[v] cover with a grit; "grit roads"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
3. pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground;
in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than
groats.
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.
5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of
good grit.
6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage;
fortitude. --C. Reade. E. P. Whipple.
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.
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.]
Synonyms: backbone, gritrock, gritstone, gumption, guts, moxie, sand
See Also: clench, coat, fortitude, sandstone, surface
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