n. [ AS. grið peace; akin to Icel. grid. ] Peace; security; agreement. [ Obs. ] Gower.

n. [ OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. greót grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grjōt, and to E. groats, grout. See Groats, Grout, and cf. Grail gravel. ] 1. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The coarse part of meal. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude. C. Reade. E. P. Whipple. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gritting. ] To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. [ Collog. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. (Geol.) See Grit, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being gritty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding. [ Colloq., U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]