Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gristle
n : tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
[syn: {cartilage}]
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