gristly ( t silent)

[Eng. gristl ( e ); -y.] Ord. Lang. & Anat.. Composed or consisting of gristle; of the nature of or like gristle; cartilag inous. "Those fishes which be not soft, but gristly , have a kind of marrow in their ridge bone." - P. Holland: Pling , bk. xi., ch. xxxvii. grit, *greet, *greete, *greot, *greote, *grete, s . [A. S. greót grit, dust; cogn. with O. Fris. gret ; Icel. grjót ; Ger. gries ; O. S. griot ; O. H. Ger.grioz ; Eng. groats and grout (q. v.).] IMG:content-0766.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0767.png:[blocks in formation] "Grith on eorthe and grith on hefene, and grith bitwenen awilc cristene monne."-0. E. Homilies, p. 45. 2. Mercy, kindne . "Alle schulen gledien i Godes grith ."- St . Marherete, p. 21. *grith-breach, *grith-bruche, s. A breach or breaking of the peace. "Yef ye doth grith - bruche on his lond." Owl and Nightingale , 1,732. *grith-ful, a. [Eng.grith; ful ( 1 ).] Kind, merciful, forgiving. "Basian wes grithful king."- Layamon , ii. 12. *grith-i-ěn, v. i. [A. S. grithian .] 1. To protect, to keep in peace or security. "Ich eow wulle grithien and freoscipe eow given." Layamon, ii. 17. 2. To reconcile. (Layamon, ii. 496.) *grith-liche, a. & adv . [A. S.] A. As adj .: Kind, gracious. "He grete tham king mid grithliche spec he." B. As adv.: Kindly, graciously. Layamon, i. 19. "He grithliche spæc."- Layamon , i. 6. *grith'-ser-geant (er as ar), s. [Eng. grith , and sergeant .] An officer to keep the peace. "Grith ser geans wit longe steyues."- Havelok , 266. grit-stone, s. [Eng. grit , and stone .) The same as GRIT, II. (q. v.) grit-tiě, a. [Eng.grit; -ie=-y.] Her.: A term applied to the field when composed equally of metal and color. grit-ti-ne , s. [Eng.gritty; -ne .] The qual ity or state of being gritty or abounding in grit. "In fuller's earth he could find no sand by the microscope, nor any grittine ." -Mortimer: Husbandry. grit-ty, a. [Eng. grit; -y.] 1. Lit .: Consisting of or containing grit; of the nature of grit; full of hard particles; sandy. "I found this powder the teeth."-Boyle: Works. somewhat gritty between 2. Fig.: Plucky, courageous, resolute. griv-ět, s. [Fr., from Aby in i an (?).] Zool.: Cercocebus or Cercopithecus griseoviridis , an Old World monkey with greenish-gray fur, some white hairs near the hinder extremities, the tail gray. Found in Africa.