noun. A mill for grinding grain.

noun. A mill for grinding grain by the grist, or for customers. See flouring-mill.

noun. A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.

noun. A mill that grinds grain, especially grain brought by a farmer to be exchanged for the flour (less a percentage)

noun. a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain)

"Somehow or other he heard that there was a place on Swift River called the gristmill, where there was almost all the wheat in the world -- at least that is what Frisky heard."

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