gristmill
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.1|Allied Mills flour mill on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in [[North West England, 2010]]
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- History
- Early history
- Classical British and American mills
- The automatic mill
- Modern mills
- Pests
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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thumb|upright=1.1|Allied Mills flour mill on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in [[North West England, 2010]]
A gristmill (also known as a grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separated from its chaff in preparation for grinding.