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Definition of Gristmill
1. Noun. A mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain).
Definition of Gristmill
1. n. A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.
Definition of Gristmill
1. Noun. A mill that grinds grain, especially grain brought by a farmer to be exchanged for the flour (less a percentage) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gristmill
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gristmill
Literary usage of Gristmill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
""Appurtenances," as used in a devise of a gristmill with its appurtenances,
construed to include "everything necessary for the sale and free enjoyment of ..."
2. The Life and Times of Joseph Gould: Struggles of the Early Canadian Settlers by W. H. Higgins (1887)
"He came in, in the spring of 1835, and repaired the gristmill and rebuilt the
sawmill. Joel Bardwell then purchased Mr. Gould's gristmill privilege, ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"The defendant formerly operated a gristmill, machine shop, ... 69 LRA which
gristmill, etc.. stood on a tract of land owned by the defendant below the out ..."
4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1895)
"Smith, 47 Hun (NY) 333, it was held that a grant of gristmill property and water
power, including the right to the use of the water as " then used," is a ..."
5. Titles to Real Property Acquired Originally and by Transfer Inter Vivos by Ralph William Aigler (1916)
"It did not appear that said Kelso made any different claims, or made any change
of any kind in his relations to the owners of the gristmill, ..."
6. Gazetteer of the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the by Frank Place (1860)
"Mill Grove, s. of Portville, on the Allegany, contains 2 sawmills, a gristmill,
and 18 dwellings. The first settlement was made in 1805, by James Green, ..."
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