add <span class="searchmatch">to</span> it, or discuss it at <span class="searchmatch">the</span> Etymology scriptorium.) <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span> (uncountable) (idiomatic, chiefly UK) Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> for <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span>. 1875...
<span class="searchmatch">grist</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span> (UK), <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">mill</span> <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> for <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span> (uncountable) (idiomatic) Something that is useful or that creates a favorable opportunity...
See also: gristmill <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> <span class="searchmatch">mills</span>) Alternative spelling of gristmill....
See also: gristmills <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> <span class="searchmatch">mills</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span>...
the patience of men of all sorts; <span class="searchmatch">to</span> put them upon <span class="searchmatch">the</span> swearing strain, in order <span class="searchmatch">to</span> bring <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> their own <span class="searchmatch">mill</span>, which is a crime still more enormous;...
other areas of Britain. stack-upon-<span class="searchmatch">the</span>-kill; see dogpile stacks on <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span> <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span> "sack" in Joseph Wright's <span class="searchmatch">The</span> English Dialect Dictionary, Vol...
also: <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span> From <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> + <span class="searchmatch">mill</span>. Rhymes: -ɪl gristmill (plural gristmills) A <span class="searchmatch">mill</span> that grinds grain; especially, a small-scale local <span class="searchmatch">mill</span> that grinds...
du grain à moudre (figuratively) <span class="searchmatch">to</span> add <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> for <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span>, <span class="searchmatch">to</span> bring <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> for <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span>, <span class="searchmatch">to</span> provide ammunition (<span class="searchmatch">to</span> provide extra arguments in support...
“<span class="searchmatch">to</span> bring water <span class="searchmatch">to</span> someone's <span class="searchmatch">mill</span>”. IPA(key): /a.pɔʁ.te d(ə) l‿o o mu.lɛ̃ də/ apporter de l'eau au moulin de (figuratively) <span class="searchmatch">to</span> add <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> for <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span>,...
Alternative form: feedmill Hypernyms: mill < facility Coordinate terms: flour <span class="searchmatch">mill</span>, flourmill Near-synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">grist</span> <span class="searchmatch">mill</span>, gristmill field elm, millfeed...