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grits
(encz) | grits,ovesná kaše Zdeněk Brož |
grits
(wn) | grits
n 1: coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in
the southern United States [syn: grits, hominy grits] |
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gritstone
(encz) | gritstone,pískovec n: Zdeněk Brož |
hominy grits
(encz) | hominy grits, n: |
gritstone
(gcide) | Grit \Grit\, n. [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. gre['o]t
grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel,
OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grj[=o]t, and to E. groats,
grout. See Groats, Grout, and cf. Grail gravel.]
1. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
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2. The coarse part of meal.
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3. pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground;
in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than
groats.
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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.
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5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of
good grit.
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6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage;
fortitude. --C. Reade. --E. P. Whipple.
[1913 Webster]Gritrock \Grit"rock`\ (gr[i^]t"r[o^]k`), Gritstone \Grit"stone`\
(-st[=o]n`)n. (Geol.)
See Grit, n., 4.
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Gritstone
(gcide) | Grit \Grit\, n. [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. gre['o]t
grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel,
OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grj[=o]t, and to E. groats,
grout. See Groats, Grout, and cf. Grail gravel.]
1. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
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2. The coarse part of meal.
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3. pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground;
in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than
groats.
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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.
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5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of
good grit.
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6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage;
fortitude. --C. Reade. --E. P. Whipple.
[1913 Webster]Gritrock \Grit"rock`\ (gr[i^]t"r[o^]k`), Gritstone \Grit"stone`\
(-st[=o]n`)n. (Geol.)
See Grit, n., 4.
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gritstone
(wn) | gritstone
n 1: a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [syn: grit,
gritrock, gritstone] |
hominy grits
(wn) | hominy grits
n 1: coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in
the southern United States [syn: grits, hominy grits] |
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