Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GRIT, n. [Sax. greot or gryt, grytta; G. gries, grit; grütze, groats; D. grut, grutte, and gruis; Dan. grus or gröd; Sw. grus; probably allied to grate; Dan. grytter, to bruise or grate; W. grut, grud, the latter from rhud, a cast, or driving forward.]

1. The coarse part of meal.
2. Oats hulled, or coarsely ground; written also groats.
3. Sand or gravel; rough hard particles.
4. Sandstone; stone composed of particles of sand agglutinated.