Crossword clues for gristmill
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gristmill \Grist"mill"\, n. A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. A mill that grinds grain, especially grain brought by a farmer to be exchanged for the flour (less a percentage) n. A mill that grinds grain, especially grain brought by a farmer to be exchanged for the flour (less a percentage)
WordNet
n. a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain)
Wikipedia
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill or flour mill) grinds grain into flour. The term can refer to both the grinding mechanism and the building that holds it.
Usage examples of "gristmill".
That was already in use, and the master millwright understood what was needed in the way of converting a gristmill to a fireseed mill almost at once.
Hawk Returns 31 VII A Brave Little Bird 35 VIII Uncle Sammy Coon 40 IX A Bag of Corn 44 X Tails and Ears 49 XI Jimmy Rabbit is too Late 53 XII Frisky Visits the Gristmill 57 XIII Fun on the Milldam 62 XIV Mrs.
XII Frisky Visits the Gristmill Frisky Squirrel was very fond of wheat-kernels.
Somehow or other he heard that there was a place on Swift River called the gristmill, where there was almost all the wheat in the world--at least that is what Frisky heard.
He was just telling himself what a delightful place the gristmill was, and how glad he was that he had heard about it, when suddenly there was a terrible noise--a grinding, and whirring, and buzzing, and pounding.
But he made up his mind that whenever he wanted any wheat-kernels to eat he would not go to the gristmill for them.
It reminded Frisky of the time the gristmill began to grind, when he thought the world was coming to an end.
Cherry red and late model, it would look just right parked outside the Gristmill and Gruene Hall tonight.
Nestled on the Guadalupe River, the Gristmill Restaurant was built on the remains of the old Gruene cotton gin, and the facade could have been a set in a classic spaghetti Western.
Alex shot her another sex-drenched grin, and her blood heated and thickened to the consistency of Gristmill gravy.
Gruene Hall from the Gristmill and Alex actually took her hand in his, she found it easy to forget that.
Lupe did at the Gristmill in Gruene, or the twelve-point buck at the Biergarten.
Had him a gristmill, started the post office, done some doctoring when old Doc Green left Half Way Creek.
Millwood was home to a restored gristmill, a couple of antique shops, Carter Hall--once the huge estate of the Burwell family, which was now home to the Project Hope foundation--a post office, a private country day school, three dozen or so private homes, and a general store.
Caudle cups, posset pots, and pipkins lined up on a shelf beside a gristmill and a meat mincer.