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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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GRIT, n.² Sc. usage of Eng. (now dial.) grit, coarse oatmeal, in pl.: the kernels of oats.Sc. 1814 J. Sinclair Agric. Scot. I. 512:
The kernels of the oats, after the shells are removed by this first operation, are named grits or groats, formerly much used in broths, which constitute a material portion of ordinary Scotch fare.Lth. 1829 G. Robertson Recollections 254:
The corn-mills were often stopped altogether . . . for lack of wind to fan the shieling, or to separate the sids, or shells, from the grits or kernel of the oats.Lth. 1921 A. Dodds Antrin Sangs 18:
The mou'tin hens keep the shed for bield, And the cock has a roopet craw; Tho' they venture whiles tae the stibble field, Where there's rowth o' grit for their maw.