bran vs grist

bran

noun
  • The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain. 

  • The European carrion crow. 

grist

noun
  • Grain that is to be ground in a mill. 

  • A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands. 

verb
  • To grind in a mill. 

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