Definitions for: Grist

[n] grain intended to be or that has been ground

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: cereal, food grain, grain

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