noun. Minute rough granules, as of sand or stone.

noun. The texture or fineness of sand or stone used in grinding.

noun. A coarse hard sandstone used for making grindstones and millstones.

noun. Indomitable spirit; pluck.

intransitive verb. To clamp (the teeth) together.

intransitive verb. To cover or treat with grit.

intransitive verb. To make a grinding noise.

noun. Sand or gravel; rough hard particles collectively.

noun. Soil; earth.

noun. In geology, any silicious rock of which the particles have sharp edges, so that it can be used for grinding.

noun. The structure of a stone in regard to fineness and closeness or their opposites: as, a hone of fine grit.

noun. Firmness of mind; courage; spirit; resolution; determination; pluck.

noun. In Canada, an extreme Liberal: so called by the opposite party.

A Scotch variant of great.

To give forth a grating sound, as of sand under the feet; grate.

To grate; grind: as, to grit the teeth.

noun. A kind of crawfish; the sea-crab.

noun. The coarse part of meal.

noun. plural Oats or wheat hulled or coarsely ground; small particles of broken grain; sizings: as, oaten or wheaten grits.

intransitive verb. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

transitive verb. To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate.

noun. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.

noun. The coarse part of meal.

noun. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.

noun. A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; ; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone.

noun. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen.

noun. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.

noun. husked but unground oats

noun. coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge

noun. Collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking.

noun. Inedible particles in food.

noun. A character trait that encompasses courage, fearlessness, or guts.

noun. A measure of relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper.

verb. To clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger; apparently only appears in gritting one's teeth.

verb. To cover with grit.

verb. cover with a grit

noun. fortitude and determination

verb. clench together

noun. a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone

"A new hero, new problems, and new, but deadly consequences — the grit is about to hit the fan!"

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clench  coat  fortitude  sandstone  surface  

Brit  Kit  Pitt  Pritt  Schlitt  

ash  bacon  bran  cereal  cinder  

air pollution  attritus  backbone  bottle  bottom  

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