meaning of grist
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.
2. Supply; provision.
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.
4. grain intended to be or that has been ground
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