Grist
n.
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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.
Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store.
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Supply; provision.
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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.
Phrases & Compounds
- All is grist that comes to his mill
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all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit.
- To bring grist to the maill
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to bring profitable business into one's hands; to be a source of profit.