| n. | 1. | Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles. |
| 2. | The coarse part of meal. |
| 3. | 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. |
| v. i. | 1. | To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind. |
| v. t. | 1. | To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. |