grist

English

/ɡɹɪst/

noun
Definitions
  • Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
  • (obsolete) A group of bees.
  • (colloquial) 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English grist inherited from Old English grist (grinding, a grinding) derived from Proto-Germanic *gredaną (crunch) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrew- (grind, rub, be sad, weep).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰrew-

Gloss

grind, rub, be sad, weep

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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