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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.
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.
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n.
Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
n.
Alt. of Gritstone
n.
Courage; pluck; grit.
n.
The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.
p. pr. &, vb. n.
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n.
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.
Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
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.
See Grit, n., 4.
v. t.
To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.
superl.
Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
a.
Gritty; sandy; rough; stony.
n.
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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Sandy; gritty.
n.
The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.
v. t.
To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
The quality of being gritty.
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