单词 | apple mill |
释义 | > as lemmasapple mill apple mill n. now chiefly historical = cider-mill n. at cider n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > press extracting liquids pressour1348 press1373 apple mill1654 oil pressc1720 society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > horse- or walk-mill horse-mill1530 wheel1623 apple mill1654 walk mill1773 1654 W. Sheppard Parsons Guide 10 Tithes are to be paid for..Fulling, Paper, or Apple-mils that are common and publick mills. 1789 J. Woodforde Diary 21 Oct. (1927) III. 147 I called on him to borrow an Apple Mill. 1827 Torch Light & Public Advertiser (Hagers-Town, Maryland) 11 Oct. Take equal quantities of orange and nutmeg pippins, grind them in an apple mill, and press out the juice. 1939 C. Wittke We who built Amer. vi. 83 Apple mills and cider presses were operated by horses going round and round. 2000 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 19 May (Travel section) t7 One early apple mill consists of a circular stone trough around which a horse used to drag a huge stone wheel. < as lemmas |
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