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What is the meaning of grit?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 6/23/2021

Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles., The coarse part of meal., Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats., 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., Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit., Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude., To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind., To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.

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Reed Keeling

Lvl 10
4y ago

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