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Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.
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A grist or grinding; the grain ground.
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A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
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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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A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill.
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A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus).
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Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.
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The quality or state of being grisly; horrid.
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A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
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A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.
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Cartilage. See Cartilage.
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A South American carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the grison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail, is about three feet.
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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.
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Pertaining to the ancient Rhaeti, or Rhaetians, or to Rhaetia, their country; as, the Rhetian Alps, now the country of Tyrol and the Grisons.
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Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.
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The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin.
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Same as 2d Grise.
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Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter.
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One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.
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Supply; provision.
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