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grist
grist G0274100 (grĭst)n.1. Grain or a quantity of grain for grinding.2. Ground grain.Idiom: grist for (one's)/the mill Something that can be used to advantage.
[Middle English, from Old English grīst; see ghrendh- in Indo-European roots.]grist (ɡrɪst) n1. (Agriculture) a. grain intended to be or that has been groundb. the quantity of such grain processed in one grinding2. (Brewing) brewing malt grains that have been cleaned and cracked3. grist to the mill grist to one's mill grist for the mill grist for one's mill anything that can be turned to profit or advantage[Old English grīst; related to Old Saxon grist-grimmo gnashing of teeth, Old High German grist-grimmōn]grist (grɪst)
n. 1. grain to be ground. 2. ground grain; meal produced from grinding. 3. a quantity of grain for grinding at one time; the amount of meal from one grinding. 4. Older Use. a quantity or lot. Idioms: grist for or to one's mill, something used to one's profit or advantage, esp. something seemingly unpromising. [before 1000; Middle English, Old English; akin to Old English grindan to grind] grist′er, n. Grist a lot; a number; a quantity; a supply for an occasion; the grain which is to be ground at the mill.Examples: grist of bees, 1848; of corn [awaiting grinding], 1483; of flies; of grain [amount carried to the mill at one time]; of hope, 1623; of meal; of rain, 1840.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  grist - grain intended to be or that has been groundfood grain, grain, cereal - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses |
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grist for (one's) millSomething that initially seems bad or negative but is ultimately used in a positive way by someone. A: "The tabloids found out that you've been in rehab. How do you plan on handling it?" B: "It's just grist for my mill—I'm a changed man now, and that's what I'll tell the media. At least they're writing about me again!"See also: grist, millgrist to (one's) millSomething that initially seems bad or negative but is ultimately used in a positive way by someone. A: "The tabloids found out that you've been in rehab. How do you plan on handling it?" B: "It's just grist to my mill—I'm a changed man now, and that's what I'll tell the media. At least they're writing about me again!"See also: grist, millgrist to the millA useful resource in a particular situation. If my detractors hear about this blunder, it will just be grist to the mill.See also: grist, millgrist for the millSomething that initially seems bad or negative but is ultimately used in a positive way by someone. A: "The tabloids found out that you've been in rehab. How do you plan on handling it?" B: "It's just grist for the mill—I'm a changed man now, and that's what I'll tell the media. At least they're writing about me again!"See also: grist, millgrist for the mill and grist for someone's mill; grist to the millFig. something useful or needed. Bob bases the novels he writes on his own experience, so everything that happens to him is grist for the mill. Ever since I started making patchwork quilts, every scrap of cloth I find is grist for the mill.See also: grist, millgrist for the millSomething that can be used to advantage, as in These seemingly useless data will be grist for the mill when he lodges a complaint. This expression alludes to grist, the amount of grain that can be ground at one time. [Late 1500s] See also: grist, millgrist for the mill BRITISH, AMERICAN or grist to the mill BRITISHCOMMON If something is grist for the mill or grist to the mill, you can use it in a particular situation to help you to do something. Celebrity gossip is, of course, grist for the mill as far as the tabloids are concerned. You are, of course, much better at writing songs when you are completely miserable — it gives you so much more grist for the mill. Note: `Grist' was grain that was brought to a windmill or watermill to be ground. Millers needed regular supplies of grain to keep their businesses in operation. See also: grist, millgrist to the mill experience, material, or knowledge which can be turned to good use. Grist in the sense of ‘corn that is to be ground’ is now used only in this phrase and in the proverb all is grist that comes to the mill . The word is related to Old Saxon gristgrimmo meaning ‘gnashing of teeth’.See also: grist, millgrist for/to somebody’s ˈmill (of an experience, a piece of information, etc.) useful to somebody: As a novelist, I feel that any experience, good or bad, is grist to my mill. Grist is corn that is is ready to be crushed in a mill in order to make flour.See also: grist, millgrist for (one's)/the mill Something that can be used to advantage.See also: gristgrist for the mill, that'sThat’s something useful, of which advantage can be taken. This metaphor refers to grist, the amount of grain to be ground at one time. It has been used figuratively since the sixteenth century. Arthur Golding, translator of Calvin’s theological writings, wrote, “There is no lykelihoode that those thinges will bring gryst to the mill” (1583). It was surely a cliché by the time Dickens wrote, “Meantime the fools bring grist to my mill, so let them live out their day” (Nicholas Nickleby, 1838).See also: gristgrist
grist Brewing malt grains that have been cleaned and cracked grist[grist] (agriculture) Grain for grinding or the products and by-products of grinding. (food engineering) Ground malt for brewing. GRIST
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