| 单词 | nether stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnether stone nether stone n. = nether millstone n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [noun] > hard substance or thing > the hard part > the hardest part nether millstone1560 nether stone1869 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 247 Twa grindelstanes ne schulde namon twimmen. Þe neoðere þe lið stille & bereð heui charge..Þe uuere stan. 1781 S. Pegge in Archaeologia (1785) 7 20 The stones which composed these primitive..mills..were two; an upper stone or runner, and a nether, called in Derbyshire the ligger.] 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. x. 49 He shall make the sword To match that piece of netherstone his heart. 1988 Yankee Oct. 110/1 It's the friction against the lower ‘bed’ or ‘nether’ stone that reduces the corn kernels to meal. < as lemmas |
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