Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. from early 18th c.
Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.
Energy of mind, enthusiasm.
A ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
Inedible particles in food.
A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive.
A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
Husked but oats.
Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.
Apparently only in grit one’s teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
To cover with grit.
To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
