grist

English

Etymology

From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding, corn for grinding, gnashing”), from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *gredanan (“to crunch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrēu- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with Old Saxon gristgrimmo (“gnashing of the teeth”), German Griesgram (“a grumbler, a grouch, peevishness, misery”), Old English gristel (“gristle”). More at gristle.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɹɪst/, X-SAMPA: /"gr\Ist/
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

grist (uncountable)

1. grain that is to be ground in a mill
2. (obsolete) a group of bees
3. (colloquial, obsolete) supply; provision

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4. (ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

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Derived terms

• grist mill / gristmill
• it's all grist to the mill

Translations

grain that is to be ground in a mill

• Armenian: աղուն (hy) (ałun) 
• Finnish: syömävilja (fi)

• Russian: зерно (ru) n (zerno) для (ru) (dlja) помола (ru) m (pomola)
• Spanish: grano (es) m para (es) molino (es) m

Anagrams

• girts
• grits, Grits

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Dutch

Verb

grist

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of grissen
2. plural imperative of grissen