grist
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɡɹɪst/
Noun

grist

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