- To bring grist to the maill
- Grist Grist, n. [AS. grist, fr. grindan. See {Grind}.]
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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.
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Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store. --Tusser. Q. [1913 Webster]
2. Supply; provision. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
{All is grist that comes to his mill}, all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit. [Colloq.]
{To bring grist to the maill}, to bring profitable business into one's hands; to be a source of profit. [Colloq.] --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
