单词 | rider millstone |
释义 | > as lemmasrider millstone rider millstone n. the upper of a pair of millstones. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > millstone > upper rider millstone1548 rider stone1665 1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Macina, the rider milstone. 1855 J. Kitto Pict. Bible II. 47/2 If..a woman were working such a mill on the roof of the tower, she would naturally be prompted..to run to the battlements with the rider millstone; which, let fall on the head of Abimelech, would inevitably fracture his scull. 1982 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 101 484 In English this object would be properly called the ‘rider millstone’, so named because of its more or less horizontal movement in the grinding operation. < as lemmas |
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