Schoharie grit

·- The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system;

— so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. ·see the Chart of Geology.

Grit
·noun The coarse part of meal. II. Grit ·noun Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles. III. Grit ·no...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
grit
Sand; rough, hard particles.--Johnson. With us it is often vulgarly used to mean courage, spirit. T...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
grit
sand. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose