Definition of Gritstone

1. Noun. A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone.

Exact synonyms: Grit, Gritrock
Generic synonyms: Sandstone
Derivative terms: Grit, Gritty

Definition of Gritstone

1. Noun. A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Gritstone

1. See Grit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gritstone

gristlier
gristliest
gristliness
gristlinesses
gristly
gristmill
gristmills
grists
grisy
grit
grit one's teeth
grith
griths
gritrock
grits
gritstone (current term)
gritstones
gritted
gritter
gritters
grittest
grittier
grittiest
grittily
grittiness
grittinesses
gritting
gritty
grivation
grivations

Literary usage of Gritstone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1857)
"On the Alteration of Clay-slate and gritstone into Mica-schist and Gneiss ... nothing more than an altered Silurian gritstone or an arenaceous slate rock. ..."

2. Petrificata Derbiensia: Or, Figures and Descriptions of Petrifactions by William Martin (1809)
"gritstone, a. part of the stone remaining in which it was lodged. ... A specimen without the coat or bark. а. а. а part of the gritstone which surrounded it ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Grieve, vn Sorrow, mourn, lament, suffer, bewail, feel regret, be sad, be heavy-hearted, be in pain of mind, be anguished. 3. gritstone ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1881)
"On the east side, about the same level, there was a course of red gritstone blocks about ... gritstone ..."

5. An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1839)
"Passage of into red sandstone and gritstone.—Conglomerate and sedimentary transition beds intermixed with trap rocks.—Lower transition limestone ..."

6. An Introduction to Geology: Comprising the Elements of the Science in Its by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1829)
"... its 1'assage into Red Sandstone and gritstone.—Errors of English anJ Foreign Geologists respecting the Old Red Sandstone and Mountain Limestone. ..."

7. The Construction of Carriageways & Footways by Henry Percy Boulnois (1895)
"gritstone Setts. Sandstone, gritstone, whinstone, etc., are only employed for paving purposes where these stones- abound and are cheaply quarried. ..."

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