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GRISTLE
cartilage, gristle
(noun) tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
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.
Anagrams
• 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
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