Definition of millstone

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

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Cockeye :: Cockeye (n.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead..
Pick :: Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones..
Manna Croup :: Manna croup () The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats..
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) A depression round the eye of a millstone.
Husk :: Husk (n.) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
Grind :: Grind (v. t.) To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones..
Moline :: Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
Eye :: Eye (n.) The hole through the upper millstone.
Millrynd :: Millrynd (n.) A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center.
Dress :: Dress (n.) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
Bridgepot :: Bridgepot (n.) The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
Runner :: Runner (n.) The rotating stone of a set of millstones.
Grit :: Grit (n.) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit..
Rynd :: Rynd (n.) A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
Damsel :: Damsel (n.) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.
Semolina :: Semolina (n.) The fine, hard parts of wheat, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, -- used in cookery..
Draff :: Draff (n.) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
Run :: Run (n.) A pair or set of millstones.
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