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grit

UK/ɡɹɪt/ US/ˈɡrɪt/ uncommon obsolete
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

verb

1.

cover with a grit

  • “grit roads”
2.

clench together

  • “grit one”

Origin

From Middle English *gryt (“bran, chaff”), from Old English grytt, from Proto-West Germanic *gruti (“coarsely ground bits”), ablaut variant of Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-. See above. Doublet of goetta.

Phrases

  • grit cell
  • grit one's teeth
  • millstone grit
  • mortar and pestle
  • road grit
  • true grit
  • Yorkshire grit

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