'Grist' definitions:
Definition of 'grist'
From: WordNet
noun
Grain intended to be or that has been ground
Definition of 'Grist'
From: GCIDE
- Grist \Grist\, n. [AS. grist, fr. grindan. See Grind.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store. --Tusser. Q. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Supply; provision. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]