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a millstone
Millstone Mill"stone`, n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 6. 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. 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, or through, a millstone, to see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)
Burr millstone
Burr millstone Burr" mill"stone` See Buhrstone.
Millstone
Millstone Mill"stone`, n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 6. 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. 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, or through, a millstone, to see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)
Millstone girt
Millstone Mill"stone`, n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 6. 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. 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, or through, a millstone, to see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)

Meaning of MILLS from wikipedia

- Look up mills in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mills is the plural form of mill, but may also refer to: Mills (surname), a common family name of English...
- Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, she...
- men's morris, known as Mill or Mills, a traditional board game Windmill (b-boy move), or mill, a move in b-boying (breakdancing) Mill., the standard author...
- of Mills Volume 4 - Some famous feudal mills History of Cannon River Mills in Southern MN, USA Mill photos The Society for Preservation of Old Mills...
- gristmills, sawmills, paper mills, textile mills, hammermills, trip hammering mills, rolling mills, and wire drawing mills. One major way to classify watermills...
- Herbert Mills, 1st Viscount Mills (1890–1968) Roger Clinton Mills, 2nd Viscount Mills (1919–1988) Christopher Philip Roger Mills, 3rd Viscount Mills (b. 1956)...
- processes. There are many different types of mills and many types of materials processed in them. Historically, mills were powered by hand or by animals (e.g...
- Rock Mill or Rock Mills may refer to Rock Mills, Alabama, United States Rock Mills, Alabama, census-designated place in Randolph County, Alabama, United...
- Olan Mills, Inc. was a privately owned American company founded in 1932 by Olan Mills Sr. and Mary Mills which was headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee...
- the mill provided a source of fuel for firing the boiler. The arrival of railroads meant that logs could be transported to mills rather than mills being...