Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Grit"
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) 1.7 (wn)
grit
n 1: a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [syn: {gritrock},
{gritstone}]
2: (informal) fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the
guts to try it" [syn: {backbone}, {guts}, {moxie}, {sand},
{gumption}]
v 1: cover with a grit; "grit roads"
2: clench together; "grit one's teeth"
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