Grit
- 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).
- Adjective. (Canada, politics) Of or belonging to the Liberal Party of Canada.
- Noun. Collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking.
- Noun. Inedible particles in food.
- Noun. A character trait that encompasses courage, fearlessness, or guts.
- Noun. A measure of relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper.
- Verb. To clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger; apparently only appears in ''gritting one's teeth''.
- Verb. To cover with '''grit'''.
- Noun. (context, usually in plural) husked but unground oats.
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