What does gristly mean?
Definitions for gristly
ˈgrɪs ligrist·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
cartilaginous, gristly, rubberyadjective
difficult to chew
Wiktionary
gristlyadjective
Of, pertaining to, or containing gristle
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gristlyadjective
Cartilaginous; made of gristle.
Etymology: from gristle.
At last they spit out pieces of their lungs; it may be small gristly bits, that are eaten off from the lung-pipes. Gideon Harvey.
She has made the back-bone of several vertebræ, as being more fit to bend, more tough, and less in danger of breaking, than if they were all one intire bone without these gristly junctures. Henry More, Antidote against Atheism.
Fins are made of gristly spokes, or rays connected by membranes; so that they may be contracted or extended like womens fans. John Ray, on the Creation.
They have a louder and stronger note than other birds of the same bigness, which have only a gristly windpipe. Nehemiah Grew.
Each pipe, distinguish’d by its gristly rings,
To cherish life aerial pasture brings. Richard Blackmore, Creation.
ChatGPT
gristly
Gristly refers to something that is consisting of, resembling or pertaining to gristle, which is the tough, inelastic, and cartilaginous part of meat or a similar substance. It is often characterized as chewy and hard to eat.
Webster Dictionary
Gristlyadjective
consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gristly in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gristly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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