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Grist
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What's The Definition Of Grist?
[n] grain intended to be or that has been ground
Synonyms | Synonyms for Grist: Related Terms | Find terms related to Grist: See Also | cereal | food grain | grain Grist In Webster's Dictionary \Grist\, n. [AS. grist, fr. grindan. See {Grind}.]
1. Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much
grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal
it produces.
Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store.
--Tusser. Q.
2. Supply; provision. --Swift.
3. In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a
rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in
each of the three strands. --Knight.
{All is grist that comes to his mill}, all that he has
anything to do with is a source of profit. [Colloq.]
{To bring grist to the maill}, to bring profitable business
into one's hands; to be a source of profit. [Colloq.]
--Ayliffe.
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