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Gristmill
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<p>A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds <a href="/facts/Cereal/ao2WcFdM">cereal</a> <a href="/facts/Grain/C00uWDPs">grain</a> into <a href="/facts/Flour/dY1Lx5RQ">flour</a> and <a href="/facts/Wheat_middlings/Hao0etob">middlings</a>. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. <a href="/facts/Grist/c7c2KdJa">Grist</a> is grain that has been separated from its <a href="/facts/Chaff/ED4wb3yK">chaff</a> in preparation for <a href="/facts/Mill_(grinding)/0PWTxI1c">grinding</a>. </p>