cartilage, gristle
(noun) tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gristle (countable and uncountable, plural gristles)
Cartilage; now especially: cartilage present, as a tough substance, in meat.
(figuratively, from obsolete scientific theory) Bone not yet hardened by age and hard work.
• Stigler, glister, riglets
Source: Wiktionary
Gris"tle, n. Etym: [OE. gristel, gristil, AS. gristl; akin to OFries. gristel, grestel. Perh. a dim. of grist but cf. OHG. krustila, krostela. Cf. Grist.] (Anat.)
Definition: Cartilage. See Cartilage. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
