grist
IPA: grˈɪst
noun
- Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
- (obsolete) A group of bees.
- (colloquial, obsolete) Supply; provision.
- (ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of grist for the mill. [(idiomatic) Something that is useful or that creates a favorable opportunity.]
verb
- (transitive) To grind in a mill.
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