How to Use gristmill in a Sentence
gristmill
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Allen Barstow is a steward at the mill and knowledgeable about all aspects of the gristmill.
—Kitty Leshay, Courant Community, 20 June 2017
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Try some cornbread made from cornmeal straight from the gristmill.
—Katherine Rodeghier, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2017
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This show will take place inside an old gristmill that the couple had purchased a few years back and renovated.
—Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 8 Apr. 2020
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Stitt later took a little tour of McEwen’s gristmill operation, and he was sold.
—Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 24 Feb. 2021
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The humble farming locale included a few amenities such as boardinghouse that opened in 1845 and a gristmill on the Five Mile Creek.
—Alyssa Fernandez, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2020
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Part of the deal also included that Cahoon must establish a functioning sawmill and gristmill on the land.
—cleveland, 29 Feb. 2020
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Old Sturbridge Village’s tinners, blacksmiths and shoemakers will be at work, the gristmill and sawmill will be running and all dads get in free at on Sunday, June 18.
—The Hartford Courant, courant.com, 8 June 2017
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Old Sturbridge Village's tinners, blacksmiths and shoemakers will be at work, the gristmill and sawmill will be running and all dads get in free at on Sunday, June 18.
—Hartford Courant, courant.com, 15 June 2017
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Such ponds collected water at high tide, then channeled it across a water wheel to power gristmills.
—Courtney Humphries, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2018
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That seemed too impersonal for the little restaurant in a former gristmill.
—Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2018
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That’s why these factories are known as maquiladoras—loosely, gristmills.
—Lauren Etter, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2017
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The Mill’’ — was carved out of a gristmill that operated throughout the 19th century, grinding cornmeal for the state’s famous pancakes.
—Boston.com Real Estate, 26 July 2019
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The gristmill sources grain from local farmers to create some of the region’s best stone-ground flours, proving the rye flour for Tandem Bakery’s addictive frangipane tarts and quinoa fruit crisps.
—Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, 5 Oct. 2017
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In 1680, the town of Andover, Massachusetts, offered free timber and real estate to any citizen who would put up a sawmill, gristmill or fulling mill (for preparing cloth) on the Shawsheen River.
—Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian, 10 Apr. 2017
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In 1680, the town of Andover, Massachusetts, offered free timber and real estate to any citizen who would put up a sawmill, gristmill or fulling mill (for preparing cloth) on the Shawsheen River.
—Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian, 10 Apr. 2017
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The water wheels of Virginia’s last gristmill still turn in the village of Aldie, while Middleburg, often referred to as America’s horse and hunt country capital, is an equestrian’s paradise.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
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There was also a large gristmill at nearby Honey Springs, founded by Aaron Overton, another plantation owner, that had been in operation since 1853.
—Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, 23 Sep. 2020
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George Washington's former residence pays homage to America's foremost founding father with tours of the 21-room mansion, its beautiful gardens, and a fully functioning distillery and gristmill.
—Whitney Robinson, Town & Country, 20 June 2017
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Regulation of gristmill pricing foreshadowed future government regulation of utilities.
—Rachel Riederer, The New Republic, 9 May 2018
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