grist
Significat (Anglès)
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- Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
- (obsolete) A group of bees.
- (colloquial,obsolete) Supply; provision.
- A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.
- Ellipsis of grist for the mill.
Sinònims
erst
maltum
germinated barley
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ɡɹɪst/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding, corn for grinding, gnashing”), of obscure origin: possibly from a pre-Germanic substrate language, or from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *gredaną (“to crunch”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with Old Saxon gristgrimmo (“gnashing of the teeth”), German Griesgram (“a grumbler, a grouch, peevishness, misery”), Old English gristel (“gristle”).
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