Either of a pair of circular stones which grind corn by the rotation of the upper stone on the lower (or nether) one.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > millstone (29) millstoneeOE Either of a pair of circular stones which grind corn by the rotation of the upper stone on the lower (or nether) one. quernstoneOE One of the two stones forming a quern (quern, n.1); a millstone. grindle stone?c1225 = grindstone, n. 1. Obsolete. grindstonea1250 A millstone. Obsolete (except in nonce-use). dog stonea1399 A stone used for a millstone. grinding-stonec1440 = grindstone, n. runner1533 A horizontal millstone which is free to rotate, typically forming the upper stone of a pair (the lower one, the bed stone, being kept stationary). sheeling-stone1563 (see quot. 1880). metate1625 In Central America and the southern United States: a flat or partly hollowed, usually oblong stone on which grain, cocoa, coffee, etc., is ground by… burr millstone1771 attributive: see burr-stone, n. burr millstone (U.S.). mealing stone1866 a stone used for grinding meal. Subcategories:— pair of (1) — furrow in (2) — upper (6) — lower (3) — vertical (1) — mill-rind (5) |
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