Grit

[A. S. greot, sand, dust: Ger. gries, gravel; grütze, grits, groats. See GRIND.] The coarse part of meal. Sand or gravel: rough, hard particles. "Obstructing grit and restive mar i." Philips. ram; It. gro a grana, coarse grain.] A kind of stuff made of silk and mohair, and having a coarse grain or texture. "'T was madam in her grogram gown."- Swift . Grog'-shop, n. A groggery; a store, shop, or tavern where spirituous liquors are sold by retail. Groin, n. [Icel. grein , a branch; Swed. & Goth. gren , a a branch, from gren a , to divide, to separate.] The part of the human body where there is a division or separation between the belly and thighs in front. Groin, v. a. ( Arch .) To form into groins; to embel. lish with groins. IMG:content-0453.png:[blocks in formation] ( Arch .) The angle formed by an intersection of vaults ( a a , Fig. 1203.) Most of the vaulted ceilings of the buildings of the Middle Ages were groined, and therefore called groined ceilings. During the early part of the Norman style the groins were left purposely plain, but afterwards they were invariably covered with ribs. (Coast- Engineering .) In England, a frame of woodwork, constructed acro a beach, between high-and low-water mark, perpendicular to the general line of it, either to retain the shingle already accumu- Fig . 1203.-A GROINED VAULT. lated, to recover it when lost, or to accumulate more at any particular point; also to break and check the action of the waves. The component parts of a G. are piles , planking , land - ties , land tie bars, blocks , tail - piles , keys, and screw- bolts . The length of a G. depends on the extent and the requisite strength of its component parts, and on the nature of the beach on which it is to be constructed. (Sometimes written groyne.) Groined, a . ( Arch .) Having an angular curve made by the intersection of simple vaults cro ing each other; as, a groined ceiling. Grom'et, n. See GROMMET. Grom'well, n, ( Bot . ) See LITHOSPERMUM. Grom'met, Grom'et, n. ( Naut .) A ring or loop made at the end of a piece of rope by inter splicing the strands. (Ordnance.) See GRUMMET. Gröningen, a fortified city and sea-port of Holland, cap. of the province of the same name, on the Huuse, 87 m. N.E. of Amsterdam. Manuf . Paper, butter; and it has also ship-building docks, and a large trade in cattle. The university, founded in 1614, endowed with the revenues of sundry abbeys, has maintained a very high character for the grade of scholarship imparted. Pop . 37,634.- The province of G., situated in the N.E. of Holland, is bounded N. by the German Ocean, E. by Hanover, and S. and W. by Drenthe and Fries land. Area , 886 sq. m. Its chief wealth lies in its pastures. Pop . 229,018.