Grit

grit, n. Sand or gravel; rough particles; structure of a stone as to finene or coarsene , or adaptation to grinding and sharpening; spirit; spunk. {Geol.) A hard, gritty conglomerate or sand-stone. fl. Hulled and broken grain; groats. {High Milling.) ragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats. — v. i. To give forth a sound as of sand undcrthe feet; to grind. — v.t. To grind, grate. — Grifty, -ti, a. Containing, or consisting of, sand, etc.; rough; spirited and resolute. — Grifstone, n. A hard sandstone.