different between grist vs grisy

English

Etymology

From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding, corn for grinding, gnashing”), from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *gredan? (“to crunch”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?rew- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with Old Saxon gristgrimmo (“gnashing of the teeth”), German Griesgram (“a grumbler, a grouch, peevishness, misery”), Old English gristel (“gristle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

grist (countable and uncountable, plural grists)

1. Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
2. (obsolete) A group of bees.
3. (colloquial, obsolete) Supply; provision.
4. (ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

Derived terms

• grist mill / gristmill
• grist for the mill (chiefly US)
• grist to the mill (chiefly UK)

Related terms

• gristle

Translations

Anagrams

• Grits, girts, grits, strig, trigs

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

grist

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of grissen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of grissen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• grisa, griset

Verb

grist

1. past participle of grise

Slovene

Verb

gr?st

1. supine of gristi

English

Etymology 1

From grise +? -y.

Adjective

grisy (comparative more grisy, superlative most grisy)

1. (obsolete) Grim, grisly.

Etymology 2

From gris +? -y.

Adjective

grisy (comparative more grisy, superlative most grisy)

1. (obsolete) Grey; grizzled.