Grist

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grist \Grist\, n. [AS. grist, fr. grindan. See {Grind}.]
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     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.
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              Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store.
                                                    --Tusser. Q.
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     2. Supply; provision. --Swift.
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     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.
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     {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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grist
       n : grain intended to be or that has been ground