n. [ L. aegritudo, fr. aeger sick. ] Sickness; ailment; sorrow. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. greót grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grjōt, and to E. groats, grout. See Groats, Grout, and cf. Grail gravel. ]
v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ AS. grið peace; akin to Icel. grid. ] Peace; security; agreement. [ Obs. ] Gower.
n. The quality of being gritty. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. [ L. integritas: cf. F. intégrité. See Integer, and cf. Entirety. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their sober zeal, integrity, and worth. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Language continued long in its purity and integrity. Sir M. Hale.
‖n. [ Sp., blackish, fem. of negrito, dim. of negro black. ] (Zool.) A blackish fish (Hypoplectrus nigricans), of the Sea-bass family. It is a native of the West Indies and Florida. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes. Keary. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl.;
a. (Ethnol.) Pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, negroes, or of the Negritos, Papuans, and the Melanesian races; negritic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ L. nigritudo, fr. niger black. ] Blackness; the state of being black. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Min.) A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Geol.) The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; -- so called from