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GRIST n. 3 definitions
time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces. Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store. Tusser. Q.
GRISTLE n.
Cartilage. See Cartilage. Bacon.
GRISTLY a.
Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.
GRISTMILL n.
A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.
GUARISH v.
To heal. [Obs.] Spenser.
HARISH a.
Like a hare. [R.] Huloet.
HECKERISM n.
The teaching of Isaac Thomas Hecker (1819-88), which interprets Catholicism as promoting human aspirations after liberty and truth, and as the religion best suited to the character and institutions of the American people. (b) Improperly, certain views or principles erroneously ascribed to Father Hecker in a French tran…
HECTORISM n.
The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying. [R.]
HELLEBORISM n.
The practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine.
HEMIHEDRISM n.
The property of crystallizing hemihedrally.
HERBARIST n.
A herbalist. [Obs.]
HERBORIST n.
A herbalist. Ray.
HERISSON n.
A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; - - used to block up a passage.
HETAIRISM; HETARISM n.
of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common. H. Spencer. -- Het`a*ris"tic, a.
HEURISTIC a.
Serving to discover or find out.
HEXAMETRIST n.
One who writes in hexameters. "The Christian hexametrists." Milman.
HORRISONANT a.
Horrisonous. [Obs.]
HORRISONOUS a.
Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. [Obs.] Bailey.
HORTICULTURIST n.
One who practices horticulture.
HUMORISM n. 2 definitions
The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness. Coleridge.
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