单词 | mealing stone |
释义 | > as lemmasmealing stone mealing stone n. a stone used for grinding meal. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > millstone millstoneeOE quernstoneOE grindle stone?c1225 grindstonea1250 dog stonea1399 grinding-stonec1440 runner1533 sheeling-stone1563 metate1625 burr millstone1771 mealing stone1866 1866 Reader 22 Sept. 307 A mealing stone with a hollow in which the corn was bruised. 1895 J. W. Powell Canyons of Colorado 259 In one room I find an old mealing-stone, deeply worn, as if it had been much used. 1978 Current Anthropol. 19 416/2 Artifact inventories which included pottery, polished stone tools, mealing stones, and pestles. < as lemmas |
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