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millstone
(encz) | millstone,mlýnský kámen Zdeněk Brož |
millstone
(encz) | millstone,přítěž Zdeněk Brož |
Millstone
(gcide) | Millstone \Mill"stone`\, n.
One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other
substance in a mill[1].
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No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to
pledge. --Deut. xxiv.
6.
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Note: The cellular siliceous rock called buhrstone is usually
employed for millstones; also, some kinds of lava, as
that Niedermendig, or other firm rock with rough
texture. The surface of a millstone has usually a
series of radial grooves in which the powdered material
collects.
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Millstone girt (Geol.), a hard and coarse, gritty
sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the
Subcarboniferous strata. See Farewell rock, under
Farewell, a., and Chart of Geology.
To see into a millstone or To see through a millstone, to
see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)
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millstone
(wn) | millstone
n 1: (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was
an albatross around his neck" [syn: albatross,
millstone]
2: any load that is difficult to carry
3: one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are
rotated against one another to grind the grain |
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millstone
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millstones
(encz) | millstones,mlýnské kameny Zdeněk Brož |
Burr millstone
(gcide) | Burr millstone \Burr" mill"stone`\
See Buhrstone.
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Lava millstone
(gcide) | Lava \La"va\ (l[aum]"v[.a]; 277), n. [It. lava lava, orig. in
Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, fr. It. &
L. lavare to wash. See Lave.]
The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured
sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It
also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms
beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern
United States.
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Note: Lavas are classed, according to their structure, as
scoriaceous or cellular, glassy, stony, etc., and
according to the material of which they consist, as
doleritic, trachytic, etc.
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Lava millstone, a hard and coarse basaltic millstone from
the neighborhood of the Rhine.
Lava ware, a kind of cheap pottery made of iron slag cast
into tiles, urns, table tops, etc., resembling lava in
appearance.
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Millstone girt
(gcide) | Millstone \Mill"stone`\, n.
One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other
substance in a mill[1].
[1913 Webster]
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to
pledge. --Deut. xxiv.
6.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The cellular siliceous rock called buhrstone is usually
employed for millstones; also, some kinds of lava, as
that Niedermendig, or other firm rock with rough
texture. The surface of a millstone has usually a
series of radial grooves in which the powdered material
collects.
[1913 Webster]
Millstone girt (Geol.), a hard and coarse, gritty
sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the
Subcarboniferous strata. See Farewell rock, under
Farewell, a., and Chart of Geology.
To see into a millstone or To see through a millstone, to
see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)
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To see into a millstone
(gcide) | Millstone \Mill"stone`\, n.
One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other
substance in a mill[1].
[1913 Webster]
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to
pledge. --Deut. xxiv.
6.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The cellular siliceous rock called buhrstone is usually
employed for millstones; also, some kinds of lava, as
that Niedermendig, or other firm rock with rough
texture. The surface of a millstone has usually a
series of radial grooves in which the powdered material
collects.
[1913 Webster]
Millstone girt (Geol.), a hard and coarse, gritty
sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the
Subcarboniferous strata. See Farewell rock, under
Farewell, a., and Chart of Geology.
To see into a millstone or To see through a millstone, to
see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)
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To see through a millstone
(gcide) | Millstone \Mill"stone`\, n.
One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other
substance in a mill[1].
[1913 Webster]
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to
pledge. --Deut. xxiv.
6.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The cellular siliceous rock called buhrstone is usually
employed for millstones; also, some kinds of lava, as
that Niedermendig, or other firm rock with rough
texture. The surface of a millstone has usually a
series of radial grooves in which the powdered material
collects.
[1913 Webster]
Millstone girt (Geol.), a hard and coarse, gritty
sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the
Subcarboniferous strata. See Farewell rock, under
Farewell, a., and Chart of Geology.
To see into a millstone or To see through a millstone, to
see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)
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millstone
(wn) | millstone
n 1: (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was
an albatross around his neck" [syn: albatross,
millstone]
2: any load that is difficult to carry
3: one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are
rotated against one another to grind the grain |
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