nether millstone
noun
The lower of the two millstones, which remains stationary, and is exceptionally hard; usually figurative or in figurative context.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in The Bible and Holy Scriptures.
- meteor spectrography
- meteor spectroscopy
- meteor spectrum
- meteor storm
- meteor stream
- meteor trail
- metepimeron
- metepisternum
- meter
- -meter
- meter-angle
- meter-candle
- metered
- meter-feeder
- meter-feeding
- meter-gage
- meterist
- meterless
- meter maid
- meter-park
- meter-parking
- meter reader
- meter reading
- meter zone
- metestrous