An iron tool for producing a corrugated surface on a millstone. Now chiefly historical.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > adze > [noun] > for dressing stone > for dressing millstones (6) mill-pickc1357 An iron tool for producing a corrugated surface on a millstone. Now chiefly historical. mill bill1582 a steel adze fixed in a wooden handle, used for dressing and cracking millstones; this adze alone (rare). pike1756 A pickaxe; a pick used in digging, breaking up ground or rock, dressing stone, etc.; = pick, n.1 2. Now rare (chiefly regional in later use). millstone pick1853 = mill-pick, n. 1. millstone dresser1854 (a) a person who dresses or prepares millstones; (b) a machine for producing a corrugated surface on a millstone; (c) = mill bill n. at mill, n.1… Subcategories:— handle of (1) |
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