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Grist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Properly, that which is ground; hence, corn ground; but in common usage, it signifies corn for grinding, or that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time or the meal it produces.

2. Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store.

3. Supply; provision.

4. Profit; gain; [as in Latin emolumentum, from molo, to grind; ] in the phrase, it brings grist to the mill.

Grist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. Supply; provision.

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.

Gristle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

gris'l. [Latin cartil, in cartilago; cartil for cratil; Gr. strong.] A cartilage; a smooth, solid, elastic substance in animal bodies, chiefly in those parts where a small easy motion is required, as in the nose, ear, larynx, trachea and sternum. It covers the ends of all bones which are united by movable articulations.

Gristle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cartilage. See Cartilage.

Gristly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Consisting of gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous; as the gristly rays of fins connected by membranes.

Gristly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.

Gristmill [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A mill for grinding grain.

Gristmill [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.