"Grit" is a word in ENGLISH
The coarse part of meal.
Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage;
fortitude.
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.
Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in
high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good
grit.
To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit
the teeth.
To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to
grate; to grind.
... My mother, daroga, my poor, unhappy mother would never... let me kiss her... She used to run away... and throw me my mask!... Nor any other woman... ever, ever!... Ah, you can understand, my happiness was so great, I cried. And fell at her feet, crying... and I kissed her feet... her little feet... crying. You're crying, too, daroga... and she cried also... the angel cried!...
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What is the difference between men and pigs?Pigs don't turn into men when they drink.
v. /AG-/ to grit, gnash, grind the teeth. Apay nga agkabkabukab ka? Why are you gnashing your teeth? /MANG- :-EN/ …
Read the complete definitionThe grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.
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