Grit

  1. Noun.  (Canada, politics) A member or supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada or one of its provincial wings (except for the Quebec provincial wing).
  2. Adjective.  (Canada, politics) Of or belonging to the Liberal Party of Canada.
  3. Noun.  Collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking.
  4. Noun.  Inedible particles in food.
  5. Noun.  A character trait that encompasses courage, fearlessness, or guts.
  6. Noun.  A measure of relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper.
  7. Verb.  To clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger; apparently only appears in ''gritting one's teeth''.
  8. Verb.  To cover with '''grit'''.
  9. Noun.  (context, usually in plural) husked but unground oats.

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