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Grinding :: Grinding (a. & n.) from Grind.

Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill..

Toll :: Toll (n.) A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.

Driver :: Driver (n.) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.

Malaxator :: Malaxator (n.) One who, or that which, malaxates; esp., a machine for grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass..

Multure :: Multure (n.) A grist or grinding; the grain ground.

Millstone :: Millstone (n.) One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

Thirlage :: Thirlage (n.) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding..

Pulverize :: Pulverize (v. t.) To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued..

Pomace :: Pomace (n.) The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding..

Muller :: Muller (n.) A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material..

Liner :: Liner (n.) A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding..

Powder :: Powder (n.) The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust..

Runner :: Runner (n.) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.

Crunch :: Crunch (v. i.) To emit a grinding or craunching noise.

Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz..

Quern :: Quern (n.) A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills..

Bruiser :: Bruiser (n.) A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes.

Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; as, a cider mill; a cane mill..

Pothole :: Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.

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