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  • 1grit — [grit] n. [with Early ModE vowel shortening < ME grete < OE greot, akin to Ger griess IE base * ghrēu , to rub hard over, crumble > GREAT] 1. rough, hard particles of sand, stone, etc. 2. the texture of stone, with regard to the fineness …

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  • 2Grit Fell — Infobox Mountain Name = Grit Fell Photo = Grit Fell.jpg Caption = Looking east from Grit Fell towards Ward s Stone Elevation = 468 m (1535 ft) Location = Forest of Bowland, England Range = Prominence = c. 33 m Coordinates = Topographic OS… …

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  • 3Platinum Grit — Infobox webcomic| title = Platinum Grit caption = author = Trudy Cooper, Danny Murphy and Doug Bayne url = http://www.platinumgrit.com/ status = began = 1993/1994 ended = genre = ratings = Platinum Grit is an Australian self published comic book …

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  • 4Millstone Grit — The Salt Cellar, a gritstone tor on Derwent Edge in the Peak District, England Millstone Grit is the name given to any of a number of coarse grained sandstones of Carboniferous age which occur in the Northern England. The name derives from its… …

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  • 5The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian — The Preiching of the Swallow The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian is a cycle of connected poems by the Scottish makar Robert Henryson. In the accepted text it consists of thirteen versions of fables, seven modelled on stories from Aesop… …

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  • 6gritter — grit|ter [ˈgrıtə US ər] n BrE a large vehicle that puts salt or sand on the roads in winter to make them less icy American Equivalent: salt truck …

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  • 7Winter service vehicle — A winter service vehicle (WSV), or snow removal vehicle, is used to clear thoroughfares of ice and snow.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6342887.stm|title=How do snowplough drivers get to work?|publisher=BBC News Magazine… …

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  • 8Cloud Gate — Coordinates: 41°52′57.67″N 87°37′23.97″W …

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  • 9Sewage treatment — The objective of sewage treatment is to produce a disposable effluent without causing harm to the surrounding environment, and also prevent pollution.[1] Sewage treatment, or domestic wastewater treatment, is the process of removing contaminants… …

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  • 10environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction       infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …

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