in the gristle

English

Prepositional phrase

in the gristle

1. Not yet hardened into bone or strengthened into sinew.
2. Young, weak, and unformed.

Translations

not yet hardened into bone

• Finnish: luutumaton

young, weak and unformed

• Finnish: kehittymätön (fi)
• Icelandic: óharðnaður

References

• “in the gristle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.