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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. Knight. All is grist that comes to his mill, all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit. [Colloq.] -- To bring grist to the maill, to bring profitable business in…

The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.

A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.

ng; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.

uice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality.

Fermented wort used for making vinegar. Gyle tan (Brewing), a large vat in which wort ferments.

One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.

long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.

Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. -- n.

Making hard or harder.

The business of making hats; also, stuff for hats.

Practice; skill. [Obs.] Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. Chaucer.

The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.

To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.

An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror.

A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.

A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.

pampering food. -- High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass. -- High milling, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. -- High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian. -- High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sa…

Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven. The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.

An instrument for making of angular measurements.