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<h1>Grist</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>grist</ets>, fr. <ets>grindan</ets>. See <er>Grind</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store. <i>Tusser. Q.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Supply; provision.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>In rope making, a given size of rope, <i>common grist</i> being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<cs><col>All is grist that comes to his mill</col>, <cd>all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To bring grist to the maill</col>, <cd>to bring profitable business into one's hands; to be a source of profit. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <i>Ayliffe</i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gristle</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gris"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gristel</ets>, <ets>gristil</ets>, AS. <ets>gristl</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>gristel</ets>, <ets>grestel</ets>. Perh. a dim. of <ets>grist</ets> but cf. OHG. <ets>krustila</ets>, <ets>krostela</ets>. Cf. <er>Grist</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Cartilage. See <er>Cartilage</er>.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Gristly</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Gris"tly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.</def>

<h1>Gristmill</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grist"mill"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.</def>

<h1>Grit</h1> <Xpage=651>

<hw>Grit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE, <ets>greet</ets>, <ets>greot</ets>, sand, gravel, AS. <ets>gre\'a2t</ets> grit, sant, dust; akin to OS <ets>griott</ets>, OFries. <ets>gret</ets> gravel, OHG. <ets>grioz</ets>, G. <ets>griess</ets>, Icel. <ets>grj\'d3t</ets>, and to E. <ets>groats</ets>, <ets>grout</ets>. See <er>Groats</er>, <er>Grout</er>, and cf. <er>Grail</er> gravel.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The coarse part of meal.</def>

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<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; <as>as, millstone <ex>grit</ex></as>; -- called also <altname>gritrock</altname> and <altname>gritstone.</altname> The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; <as>as, grindstone <ex>grit</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; <as>as, a hone of good <ex>grit</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.</def>

<i>C. Reade. E. P. Whipple. </i>

<h1>Grit</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.</def>

<blockquote>The sanded floor that <b>grits</b> beneath the tread. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>