n. husked but unground oatsn. coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridgen. Collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking.n. Inedible particles in food.n. A character trait that encompasses courage, fearlessness, or guts.n. A measure of relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper.v. To clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger; apparently only appears in gritting one's teeth.v. To cover with grit.