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   Grist , n. [AS. grist, fr. grindan. See Grind.]
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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.
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   Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store.
   Tusser. Q.
   
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   Supply; provision.
   Swift.
   
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   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.
   
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   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.
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