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gritstone (ˈgrɪtstəʊn) In 6–8 usually greet-. [f. grit n.1 + stone n.] = grit n.1 2.1555 Eden Decades 328 Albasans (which I thynke to be of that kynde which we caule the greete stone). 1652 French Yorksh. Spa i. 2 Hard greet-Stone (which broken in the middle doth oftentimes very much resemble Loaf-S...
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Gritstone
Gritstone or grit is a hard, coarse-grained, siliceous sandstone. British gritstone was used for millstones to mill flour, to grind wood into pulp for paper and for grindstones to sharpen blades.
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Derbyshire Gritstone
The Derbyshire Gritstone is a breed of domestic sheep native to the United Kingdom. A hardy hill sheep, it is also one of the oldest British breeds. The Gritstone has a finer fleece than most hill breeds, but is still kept primarily for meat production.
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Gritstone Trail
The Gritstone Trail, or Cheshire Gritstone Trail, is a long-distance footpath in England which follows the most westerly hills of the Peak District from There are also many wooden fingerposts with 'Gritstone Trail' engraved.
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calliard
calliard local. (ˈkælɪəd) [Of doubtful origin; perh. connected with F. caillou pebble, and so ultimately with L. calculus. But cf. the later galliard n.2] A hard, smooth, flinty gritstone.1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. (1873), Callierd, an hard stone. a 1835 J. Phillips Geol. in Encycl....
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Gritstone bio
Gritstone bio is a clinical-stage American biotechnology company which develops cancer and infectious disease immunotherapies and vaccines. It was founded in August 2015 as Gritstone Oncology, Inc., and is based in Emeryville, California.
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Some Gritstone Climbs
Laddow Rocks, a gritstone cliff near Crowden, Derbyshire. As noted by subsequent gritstone pioneers such as H. M.
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Froggatt Edge
One of the best-known climbs at Froggatt Edge is "Downhill Racer", a smooth and near-vertical 17 m (50 ft) slab of gritstone. There are a total of 472 climbs, the type of rock is gritstone, the edge is facing West and the altitude is 862 ft (263m).
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Curbar Edge
The cairn, measuring , was enclosed by gritstone blocks and covered with earth. The Edge was omitted from the earliest Gritstone rock climbing guides, Laycock's Some Gritstone Climbs, published in 1913, and Fergus Graham's Recent Developments
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Earl Crag
Earl Crag is a gritstone crag and climbing area in Craven, North Yorkshire, England. The Hitching Stone
Some people climb The Hitching Stone, which is an old gritstone erratic nearby Earl Crag.
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Hard Grit
Shortly after the opening, film narrator Niall Grimes gives a brief and humorous overview of the history of gritstone climbing. Heap spent the 1997 gritstone climbing season filming his friends attempting new routes, and Seb Grieve in particular.
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Cateran Hole
Cateran Hole is a circa 35m length cave set in the Gritstone of Cateran Hill in Northumberland. After the initial steepness of the steps, the passage is roomy with a slight downward tilt, running between two large planes of Gritstone which close in
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Burbage Rocks
Burbage Rocks is a gritstone escarpment in South Yorkshire, overlooking the village of Hathersage in the Peak District. The gritstone edge of Burbage Rocks is a popular rock climbing location.
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Cats Tor
The higher peak of Shining Tor is about 2 km south along The Tors gritstone ridge. Oldgate Nick, on the northern slope of Cats Tor, is a gritstone buttress with 15 graded rock climbing routes.
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Windgather Rocks
The Windgather Rocks ( a.s.l.) is a gritstone crag on the Derbyshire–Cheshire border in England. The crag was featured in the first guide to rock climbing in the Peak District, Some Gritstone Climbs, published in 1913 and written by John Laycock.
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