单词 | to grind the coffee mill |
释义 | > as lemmasto grind the coffee mill b. transitive. To work (a handmill) so as to grind meal, etc. to grind the coffee mill: (colloquial) to imitate with the hand the action of grinding, by way of contempt (cf. grinder n. 8). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > grind corn [verb (transitive)] > work a handmill grind1894 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 58 And at supper time each..used to grind the quern, but an angel ground for Colum-cille. < as lemmas |
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