Grit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Grit	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grit n a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [syn: grit, gritrock, gritstone] fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" Synonym(s): backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption v cover with a grit; "grit roads" clench together; "grit one's teeth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grit \Grit\ (gr[icr]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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grit \Grit\, n. [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. gre[a2]t grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grj[d3]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.