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Gristgrist to the mill
Gristle
gristliness
Gristly
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Grit
grit teeth
Grith
gritrock
grits
Gritted
grittily
Grittiness
Gritting
Gritty
grivation
grivet
Grize
Grizelin
Grizzle
Grizzled
Grizzlies
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GRIT'STONE,n. [See Grit.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [syn: grit, gritrock, gritstone]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Gritrock Grit"rock` (gr[i^]t"r[o^]k`), Gritstone Grit"stone` (-st[=o]n`)n. (Geol.) See Grit, n., 4.
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
n. Grit, gritrock.
