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The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; -- so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology.
The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire.
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superl.
Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
n.
The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.
imp. & p. p.
of Grit
v. t.
To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste.
n.
The quality of being gritty.
n.
Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic.
n.
Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
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Courage; pluck; grit.
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Alt. of Gritstone
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Gritty; sandy; rough; stony.
p. pr. &, vb. n.
of Grit
a.
Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
n.
See Grit, n., 4.
n.
The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.
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A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone.
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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.
a.
Sandy; gritty.
v. t.
To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.
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