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Triture :: Triture (n.) A rubbing or grinding; trituration.

Swarm :: Swarf (n.) The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.

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

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

Emery :: Emery (n.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum..

Grindstone :: Grindstone (n.) A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects..

Runner :: Runner (n.) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or 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..

Chew :: Chew (v. i.) To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.

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

Grinding :: Grinding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grin.

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..

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..

Cockhead :: Cockhead (n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced..

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

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..

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

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

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

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.

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