grit
(verb) clench together; “grit one’s teeth”
grit
(verb) cover with a grit; “grit roads”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gritted
simple past tense and past participle of grit
Source: Wiktionary
Grit, n. Etym: [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. greót grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grjot, 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.
Definition: Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
4. (Geol.)
Definition: 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, v. i.
Definition: 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.]
Definition: To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. [Collog.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
