GRITTING

GRIT

grit

(verb) clench together; “grit one’s teeth”

grit

(verb) cover with a grit; “grit roads”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

gritting

present participle of grit

Noun

gritting (plural grittings)

The act by which something is gritted.

[…] many were the grins, and not few the grittings of his blackened teeth he had to smother at their swagger.

Source: Wiktionary

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GRIT

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

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