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  • English Word Gristle Definition Cartilage. See Cartilage.
  • English Word Gristly Definition Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.
  • English Word Gristmill Definition A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.
  • English Word Grit Definition Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
  • English Word Grit Definition The coarse part of meal.
  • English Word Grit Definition Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
  • English Word Grit Definition 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.
  • English Word Grit Definition Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
  • English Word Grit Definition Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
  • English Word Grit Definition To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
  • English Word Grit Definition To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.
  • English Word Grith Definition Peace; security; agreement.
  • English Word Gritrock Definition Alt. of Gritstone
  • English Word Gritstone Definition See Grit, n., 4.
  • English Word Gritted Definition of Grit
  • English Word Grittiness Definition The quality of being gritty.
  • English Word Gritting Definition of Grit
  • English Word Gritty Definition Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
  • English Word Gritty Definition Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
  • English Word Grivet Definition A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
  • English Word Grize Definition of Gree
  • English Word Grize Definition Same as 2d Grise.
  • English Word Grizelin Definition See Gridelin.
  • English Word Grizzle Definition Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.
  • English Word Grizzled Definition Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.
  • English Word Grizzlies Definition of Grizzly
  • English Word Grizzly Definition Somewhat gray; grizzled.
  • English Word Grizzly Definition A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a.
  • English Word Grizzly Definition In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.
  • English Word Groan Definition To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan.