grist

[Grist]

When grain like wheat or oats is ground into flour, it's called grist. Maize or corn that's made into coarse grist is called "grits." Grits. Yum.

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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.

Noun
grain intended to be or that has been ground


n.
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.

n.
Supply; provision.

n.
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.


Grist

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.
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.

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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