The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).
The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
To form such hardened tissue.
A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.
Inedible particles in food.
Husked but unground oats.
A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive.
Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction.
To cover with grit.
Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.