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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grist n : grain intended to be or that has been ground
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