gritstone

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gritstone

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From grit + stone.

noun gritstones

countable, uncountable A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser. So Tom went to go down; and first he went down three hundred feet of steep heather, mixed up with loose brown grindstone, as rough as a file […]

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@misc{gritstone_2026,
  title = {gritstone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gritstone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}