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Definition of Gritrock

gritrock
3. pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats. 4. (Geol.) 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. 5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit. 6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude. --C. Reade. E. P. Whipple.
Gritrock
Gritrock Grit"rock` (gr[i^]t"r[o^]k`), Gritstone Grit"stone` (-st[=o]n`)n. (Geol.) See Grit, n., 4.

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- Operation Gritrock was the code name given to the British, Irish and Canadian parti****tion in the fight against the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa...
- children would not be "left behind once Ebola was defeated." Operation Gritrock was the first-ever UK military campaign led by DFID, and was also supported...
- (QARANC) commissioned Brown to paint What Matters Most, set during Operation Gritrock in a field hospital inside the ‘Red Zone’ isolation area of the Ebola Virus...
- dispute Granby 1 October 1990 March 1991 Iraq & Asia Part of the Gulf War Gritrock 30 October 2014 13 November 2015 West Africa UK military contribution to...
- humanitarian operation since its formation in 2005, including Operation GRITROCK (Sierra Leone), Operation HERRICK (Afghanistan), Operation TELIC (Iraq)...
- Company. In September 2014, B Company deplo**** to Sierra Leone on Operation GRITROCK to help fight the outbreak of Ebola and in September 2015, the 1 SCOTS...
- the response to the West African Ebola virus epidemic under Operation Gritrock from 2014 onward, alongside UK and Canadian military medical personnel...
- International Development. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014. "Operation Gritrock: The UK Military Mission to Combat Ebola in Sierra Leone". Ministry of...
- deplo**** personnel in almost every theatre of operations including Operation Gritrock, the ebola crisis response in Sierra Leone in 2015. "Squadrons allocated...
- part in the response to the West African Ebola virus epidemic (Operation Gritrock) from 2014 onward, after UK forces had offered to award a campaign medal...