gristy,a.dial.|ˈgrɪstɪ| [? f. grist n.2 + -y1.] Gritty. 1676J. Beaumont in Phil.Trans. XI. 729 A sort of ash-colour'd gristy Clay.Ibid. 732 In the Courses,..betwixt the clifts I find of these Plants growing up in the gristy clay.1881I. of W. Gloss., Gristy, sandy; having hard particles.