01 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.
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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.” — Tusser. Q.
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Supply; provision.
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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.
Phrases & compounds
All is grist that comes to his mill —
all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit.
To bring grist to the maill —
to bring profitable business into one's hands; to be a source of profit.