Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 45
Grin (v. i.) To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.
The pangs of death do make him grin. -- Shak.
Grin (v. t.) To express by grinning.
Grinned horrible a ghastly smile. -- Milton.
Grin (n.) The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile. -- I.Watts.
He showed twenty teeth at a grin. -- Addison.
Grin (n.) A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement [syn: smile, smiling, grin, grinning].
Grin (v.) To draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl.
Ground (imp. & p. p.) of Grind.
Grinding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grind.
Grind (v. t.) To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.
Take the millstones, and grind meal. -- Is. xivii. 2.
Grind (v. t.) To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.
Grind (v. t.) To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
To grind the subject or defraud the prince. -- Dryden.
Grind (v. t.) To study hard for examination ; -- commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies. [College Slang]
Grind (v. i.) To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
Send thee Into the common prison, there to grind. -- Milton.
Grind (v. i.) To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
Grind (v. i.) To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
Grind (v. i.) To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
Grind (v. i.) To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.
Grind (n.) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
Grind (n.) Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study. [Colloq.] -- T. Hughes.
Grind (n.) A student that studies hard; a dig; a wonk. [College Slang]
Grind (n.) An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious [syn: swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb].
Grind (n.) The grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground; "a coarse grind of coffee."
Grind (n.) Hard monotonous routine work [syn: drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork].
Grind (n.) The act of grinding to a powder or dust [syn: grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation].
Grind (v.) Press or grind with a crushing noise [syn: crunch, cranch, craunch, grind].
Grind (v.) Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger" [syn: grate, grind].
Grind (v.) Work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil].
Grind (v.) Dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced.
Grind (v.) Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute].
Grind (v.) Created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl."
Grind (v.) Shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras."
Grind (v. t.) [MIT and Berkeley; now rare] To prettify hardcopy of code, especially LISP code, by reindenting lines, printing keywords and comments in distinct fonts (if available), etc. This usage was associated with the MacLISP community and is now rare; prettyprint was and is the generic term for such operations.
Grind (v. t.) [Unix] To generate the formatted version of a document from the troff, TeX, or Scribe source.
Grind (v. t.) [common] To run seemingly interminably, esp. (but not necessarily) if performing some tedious and inherently useless task. Similar to crunch or grovel. Grinding has a connotation of using a lot of CPU time, but it is possible to grind a disk, network, etc. See also hog.
Grind (v. t.) To make the whole system slow. ?Troff really grinds a PDP-11.?
Grind (v. t.) Grind grind excl. Roughly, ?Isn't the machine slow today!?
Grind, () GRaphical INterpretive Display.
A graphics input language for the PDP-9.
["GRIND: A Language and Translator for Computer Graphics", A.P. Conn, Dartmouth, June 1969].
[{Jargon File] (1995-01-31)
Grind, () (MIT and Berkeley) To prettify hardcopy of code, especially LISP code, by reindenting lines, printing keywords and comments in distinct fonts (if available), etc. This usage was associated with the MacLISP community and is now rare; prettyprint was and is the generic term for such operations.
Grind, () (Unix) To generate the formatted version of a document from the nroff, troff, TeX, or Scribe source.
Grind, () To run seemingly interminably, especially (but not necessarily) if performing some tedious and inherently useless task. Similar to crunch or grovel. Grinding has a connotation of using a lot of CPU time, but it is possible to grind a disk, network, etc.
See also hog.
Grind, () To make the whole system slow. "Troff really grinds a PDP-11."
Grind, () "Grind grind" excl. Roughly, "Isn't the machine slow today!" [{Jargon File] (1994-12-16)
Grind, () (Ex. 32:20; Deut. 9:21; Judg. 16:21), to crush small (Heb. tahan); to oppress the poor (Isa. 3:5). The hand-mill was early used by the Hebrews (Num. 11:8). It consisted of two stones, the upper (Deut. 24:6; 2 Sam. 11:21) being movable and slightly concave, the lower being stationary. The grinders mentioned Eccl. 12:3 are the teeth. (See MILL.)
Grinded (p. p.) Ground.
Grindelia (n.) 膠草 Gum-plant; grindelia.
Grindelia (n.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.
Grindelia (n.) Large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America [syn: {Grindelia}, {genus Grindelia}].
Grindelia (n.) (In American) Any of a genus (Grindelia) of coarse plants of the composite family, with large, yellow flower heads: the dried stems and leaves are used medicinally.
Grinder (n.) One who, or that which, grinds.
Grinder (n.) One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.
Grinder (n.) (Zool.) The restless flycatcher ({Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes.
Grinder (n.) A submarine sandwich. [local, U.S.]
Syn: submarine, hoagie.
Grinder's asthma, Grinder's phthisis, or Grinder's rot (Med.), A lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding.
Compare: Hoagie
Hoagie, Hoagy (n.) A large sandwich on a long crusty roll that is split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the U. S., such as hero, grinder, and submarine.
Syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep.
Compare: Submarine sandwich
Submarine sandwich (n.) A large sandwich on an elongated roll, usually incompletely cut into two halves, filed with various cold cuts, meatballs, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, olives, etc., and spiced variously, and often having oil or other dressing applied; called also hoagie, hero, hero sandwich, grinder, sub, submarine, poor boy, and Italian sandwich. A single such sandwich may consitute a substantial meal. Very large variants are sometimes prepared for social gatherings and cut into pieces for individual consumption.
Compare: Sub
Sub (n.) A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.]
Sub (n.) A shortened form of submarine, the boat.
Sub (n.) A shortened form of submarine sandwich; also called hero, hero sandwich, and grinder.
Grinder (n.) 1: A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States [syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep].
Grinder (n.) Grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars [syn: molar, grinder].
Grinder (n.) Machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing [syn: mill, grinder, milling machinery].
Grinder (n.) A machine tool that polishes metal.
Grindery (n.) Leather workers' materials. [Eng.]
Grindery warehouse, A shop where leather workers' materials and tools are kept on sale. [Eng.]
Grinding (a. & n.) from Grind.
Grinding frame, An English name for a cotton spinning machine.
Grinding mill. (a) A mill for grinding grain.
Grinding mill. (b) A lapidary's lathe.
Grinding (n.) Material resulting from the process of grinding; "vegetable grindings clogged the drain."
Grinding (n.) A harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
Grinding (n.) The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice [syn: grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition].
Grindingly (adv.) In a grinding manner. [Colloq.]
Grindle (n.) (Zool.) The bowfin; -- called also Johnny Grindle. [Local, U. S.]
Grindle (n.) Primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America [syn: bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva].
Grindle stone () A grindstone. [Obs.]
Grindlet (n.) A small drain.
Grindstone (n.) A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects.
To hold one's nose to the grindstone, To bring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude.
To put one's nose to the grindstone (a) to oppress one; to cause one to work hard and steadily.
To put one's nose to the grindstone (b) to set oneself to a long and arduous task.
To keep one's nose to the grindstone, To continue at a long and arduous task; to apply oneself steadily to one's duties.
They might be ashamed, for lack of courage, to suffer the Laced[ae]monians to hold their noses to the grindstone. -- Sir T. North.
Grindstone (n.) A revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools.
Grindstone-Rowes Run, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 1141
Housing Units (2000): 530
Land area (2000): 2.145976 sq. miles (5.558052 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.145976 sq. miles (5.558052 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31594
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.012106 N, 79.820708 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 15442
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Grindstone-Rowes Run, PA
Grindstone-Rowes Run
Grindstone, PA
Grindstone
Grindstone (n.) [ C ] 磨石；砂輪 A large, round stone that is turned by a machine and is used to make tools sharper or sharp edges smooth.
Grinner (n.) One who grins. -- Addison.
Grinner (n.) A person who grins.
Grinningly (adv.) In a grinning manner.
Grint () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Grind, contr. from grindeth. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Grinte () imp. of Grin, v. i., 1.
[He] grinte with his teeth, so was he wroth. -- Chaucer.
Grinting (n.) Grinding. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Grip (v. t.) To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
Grip (n.) (Zool.) The griffin. [Obs.]
Grip (n.) A small ditch or furrow. -- Ray.
Grip (v. t.) To trench; to drain.
Grip (n.) An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
Grip (n.) A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
Grip (n.) That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
Grip (n.) A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Grip (n.) Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
Grip (n.) A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel or suitcase. [Colloq.]
Grip (n.) (Med.) The influenza; grippe.
Grip (n.) The act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing" [syn: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold].
Grip (n.) The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" [syn: handle, grip, handgrip, hold].
Grip (n.) A portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him" [syn: bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase].
Grip (n.) The friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) [syn: grip, traction, adhesive friction].
Grip (n.) Worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made.
Grip (n.) An intellectual hold or understanding; "a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp" [syn: grip, grasp].
Grip (n.) A flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip" [syn: bobby pin, hairgrip, grip].
Grip (v.) Hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel."
Grip (v.) To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes" [syn: grapple, grip].
Grip (v.) To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra" [syn: fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind].
GRIP, () Graph Reduction In Parallel.
Simon Peyton Jones's GRIP machine built at UCL, now at the University of Glasgow. It has many processors ({Motorola 68020 or other) on Futurebus with intelligent memory units. (1994-12-14)
Grip (v.) (-pp) (Hold) (B2) [ I or T ] 緊握；握緊；緊抓（住） To hold very tightly.
// The baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand.
// Old tyres won't grip (= stay on the surface of the road) in the rain very well.
Grip (v.) (Interest) (C2) [ T ] 使入迷；吸引…的注意力 To keep someone's attention completely.
// This trial has gripped the whole nation.
// I was gripped throughout the entire two hours of the film.
Grip (v.) (Emotion) (C2) [ T usually passive ] （感情等）強烈地控制；對…產生強烈影響 When an emotion such as fear grips you, you feel it strongly.
// Then he turned towards me, and I was suddenly gripped by fear.
Grip (n.) (Control) [ S ] 控制；支配 Control over something or someone.
// Rebels have tightened their grip on the city.
// He will do anything to keep his grip on power.
Grip (n.) (Hold) (B2) [ C usually singular ] 緊握；握緊；緊抓（住） A tight hold on something or someone.
// She tightened her grip on my arm.
// She would not loosen her grip on my arm.
Grip (n.) (BAG) [ C ] (Old-fashioned) 旅行袋；手提包 A bag for travelling that is smaller than a suitcase.
Idiom: Get a grip (on yourself)
Get a grip (on yourself) (C1) 控制自己的感情；使自己鎮定下來 To make an effort to control your emotions and behave more calmly.
// I just think he ought to get a grip on himself - he's behaving like a child.
Idiom: Be in the grip of sth
Be in the grip of sth 處於無法控制的不利局勢中；受制於… To be experiencing something unpleasant that you have no control over.
// The country is currently in the grip of the worst recession in 20 years.
Idiom: Come/ get to grips with sth
Come/ get to grips with sth (C2) 開始理解並著手處理；瞭解並應付（問題或局面） To make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation.
// The president has failed to come to grips with the two most important social issues of our time.
// I can't seem to get to grips with this problem.
Gripe (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.
Gripe (v. i.) To suffer griping pains. -- Jocke.
Gripe (v. i.) (Naut.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm. -- R. H. Dana, Jr.
Gripe, (v. i.) To complain.
Gripe (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
A barren scepter in my gripe. -- Shak.
Gripe (n.) That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.
Gripe (n.) (Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
Gripe (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
Gripe (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Gripe (n.) (Naut.) (a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
Gripe (n.) (Naut.) (b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
Gripe (n.) (Naut.) (c) pl. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.
Gripe penny, A miser; a niggard. --D. L. Mackenzie.
Gripe (n.) [See Grype.] (Zool.) A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.]
Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. -- Shak.
Gripe's egg, An alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] -- E. Jonson.
Griped (imp. & p. p.) of Gripe.
Griping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gripe.
Gripe (v. t.) To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.
Gripe (v. t.) To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ? -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
Gripe (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
How inly sorrow gripes his soul. -- Shak.
Grype (n.) (Zool.) A vulture; the griffin. [Written also gripe.] [Obs.]
Gripe (n.) Informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" [syn: gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk].
Gripe (v.) Complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler].
Gripeful (a.) Disposed to gripe; extortionate.
Griper (a.) One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner. -- Burton.
Gripingly (adv.) In a griping or oppressive manner. -- Bacon.
Gripman (n.) The man who manipulates a grip.
Grippe (n.) [F.] (Med.) The influenza or epidemic catarrh. -- Dunglison.
Compare: Influenza
Influenza (n.) (Med.) An epidemic viral infectious disease characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever and general weakness; also called grippe. It is caused by several forms of RNA virus which mutate readily and thereby render vaccines prepared against older forms ineffective, often requiring a new form of vaccine for each new outbreak.
Grippe (n.) An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease [syn: influenza, flu, grippe].
Gripper (n.) One who, or that which, grips or seizes.
Gripper (n.) pl. In printing presses, the fingers or nippers.
Gripping (a.) Capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story" [syn: absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, riveting].
Gripping (a.) (C1) 引人入勝的；扣人心弦的；激動人心的 Something that is gripping is so interesting or exciting that it holds your attention completely.
// I found the book so gripping that I couldn't put it down.
Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Gripple (n.) A grasp; a gripe. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Grippleness (n.) The quality of being gripple. [Obs.]
Gripsack (n.) A traveler's handbag. [Colloq.]
Gripsack (n.) A small suitcase.
Gris (a.) Gray. [R.] -- Chaucer.
Gris (a.) A costly kind of fur. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Gris (n. sing. & pl.) A little pig. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman.
Gris (n.) Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927) [syn: Gris, Jaun Gris].
Grisaille (n.) (Fine Arts) Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass.
Grisaille (n.) A kind of French fancy dress goods. -- Knight.
Grisaille (n.) Chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief.
Grisamber (n.) Ambergris. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Grise (n.) See Grice, a pig. [Prov. Eng.]
Grise (n.) A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree. [Obs.]
Every grise of fortune Is smoothed by that below. -- Shak.
Compare: Gree
Gree (n.; pl. Grees); (obs. plurals Greece; Grice, Grise, Grize, etc., F. grade. See Grade.] A step.
Grice (n.) A little pig. [Written also grise.] [Scot.]
Griseous (a.) 深灰（近乎藍色）的 Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown; grizzled or grizzly. -- Maunder.
Grisette (n.) A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry. -- Sterne.
Griskin (n.) The spine of a hog. [Obs.]
Grisled (a.) [Obs.] See Grizzled.
Compare: Grizzled
Grizzled (a.) 【文】灰色的，夾雜白髮的，有灰斑的；grizzle 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.
Grizzled hair flowing in elf locks. -- Sir W. Scott.
Grizzled (a.) Having dark hairs mixed with grey or white.
Grizzled, () Party-coloured, as goats (Gen. 31:10, 12), horses (Zech. 6:3, 6).
Grisliness (n.) The quality or state of being grisly; horrid. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. "Grisly to behold." -- Chaucer.
A man of grisly and stern gravity. -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
Grisly bear. (Zool.) See under Grizzly.
Grisly (a.) Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick].
Grison (n.) (Zool.) A South American animal of the family Mustelidae ({Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also called South American glutton.
Grison (n.) (Zool.) A South American monkey ({Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous.
Grison (n.) Carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts [syn: grison, Grison vittatus, Galictis vittatus].
Grisons (n. pl.) [F.] (Geog.) Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps.
Grisons (n. pl.) [F.] (Geog.) sing. The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.
Grist (n.) Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces.
Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store. -- Tusser. Q.
Grist (n.) Supply; provision. -- Swift.
Grist (n.) In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands. -Knight.
All is grist that comes to his mill, all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit. [Colloq.]
To bring grist to the maill, to bring profitable business into one's hands; to be a source of profit. [Colloq.] -- Ayliffe.
Grist (n.) Grain intended to be or that has been ground.
Gristle (n.) (Anat.) Cartilage. See Cartilage. -- Bacon.
Gristle (n.) Tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults [syn: cartilage, gristle].
Gristly (a.) (Anat.) Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.
Gristly (a.) Difficult to chew [syn: cartilaginous, gristly, rubbery].
Gristmill (n.) A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.
Gristmill (n.) A mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain).
Grit (n.) Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
Grit (n.) The coarse part of meal.
Grit (n.) pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
Grit (n.) (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.
Grit (n.) Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
Grit (n.) Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude. -- E. P. Whipple.