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English Dictionary: gristle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gristle
n
  1. tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
    Synonym(s): cartilage, gristle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gristle \Gris"tle\, n. [OE. gristel, gristil, AS. gristl; akin
      to OFries. gristel, grestel. Perh. a dim. of grist but cf.
      OHG. krustila, krostela. Cf. {Grist}.] (Anat.)
      Cartilage. See {Cartilage}. --Bacon.
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