grist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun grain intended to be or that has been ground

WordNet

Grist noun
Etymology
AS. grist, fr. grindan. See Grind.
Definitions
  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.
    Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store. Tusser. Q.
  2. Supply; provision. Swift.
  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. Knight.

Webster 1913