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Definition of Gritstones

gritstone
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.
Gritstone
Gritrock Grit"rock` (gr[i^]t"r[o^]k`), Gritstone Grit"stone` (-st[=o]n`)n. (Geol.) See Grit, n., 4.

Meaning of Gritstones from wikipedia

- small pebbles. "Millstone Grit" is an informal term for a succession of gritstones which are to be found in the Pennines (including the Peak District) of...
- Gritstone bio was a clinical-stage American biotechnology company which attempted to develop cancer and infectious disease immunotherapies and vaccines...
- The Gritstone Trail, or Cheshire Gritstone Trail, is a 35-mile (56 km) long-distance footpath in England which follows the most westerly hills of the Peak...
- the county, and are mostly of Carboniferous age, comprising limestones, gritstones, sandstones and shales. In its north-east corner to the east of Bolsover...
- Gritstone is a breed of domestic sheep native to the United Kingdom. A hardy hill sheep, it is also one of the oldest British breeds. The Gritstone is...
- Some Gritstone Climbs is a rock climbing guidebook written by British lawyer John Lay**** (1887–1960). The book's subtitle, included uniquely on the frontispiece...
- Stanage Edge, or simply Stanage (from "stone edge") is a gritstone escarpment in the Peak District, England, famous as a location for climbing. It lies...
- north and east by a horseshoe-shaped formation of younger sandstones (gritstones) and shales, known as the Dark Peak. The town of Buxton is at the western...
- (as opposed to aid climbing) [citation needed] and the rock is either gritstone or limestone. Climbing has been practised in the Peak District since the...
- about 36.4 metres (119 feet 5 inches) in diameter. Around thirty small gritstones remain, although there may originally have been around 100; there are...