| 单词 | ass-mill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasass-mill ass-mill n. a mill driven by an ass or asses. ΚΠ 1550 tr. A. Corvinus Postill sig. O.ii It were expedient for him, that an asse mylle stone were hanged at his necke. 1655 D. Pierson Plea for Liberty Anagram The upper part of an Asse-mill. 1867 Farmer's Mag. Sept. 229/1 The hand-mill and ass-mill were not driven faster to make finer flour, but..slower. 1984 J. P. Oleson Greek & Rom. Mech. Water-lifting Devices ii. 43 An ass-mill would have required larger, more carefully shaped stones, two beams and the attendant supports required to fix them to the upper stone. 2000 S. Sharma tr. N. Khusraw in Persian Poetry at Indian Frontier ii. 51 Don't you see, in the hands of riff-raff, like an ass-mill, how much Khurasan has gone through? < as lemmas |
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