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Definition of Millstones
1. millstone [n] - See also: millstone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Millstones
Literary usage of Millstones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"Some are also quarried in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Virginia (22).
The material adapted to millstones is very limited in extent. ..."
2. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"The material adapted to millstones is very limited in extent. Some of the stone
is also cut into chasers, used for grinding quartz and feldspar. ..."
3. Mostly Mammals, Zoological Essays by Richard Lydekker (1903)
"LIVING millstones THE mill-like action of their own upper and lower molar- ...
Indeed, the idea of millstones is such a simple and natural one that it is ..."
4. The Celtic and Scandinavian Antiquities of Shetland by Gilbert Goudie (1904)
"millstones—Hopper—Shoe— Turning-Pin—Clapper, The millstones are of native stone,
worked in the islands, and not imported. The size of course varies. ..."
5. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1905)
"The class includes the millstones and buhr- stones proper, and several patented
devices such as the Sturtevant rock-emery mill and the Cummings mill. ..."
6. An Economical History of the Hebrides and Highlands of Scotland by John Walker (1808)
"millstones. Jjt may be presumed, that, in every country, the #se of millstones
accompanied the introduction of grain. They have been formed, both in ancient ..."
7. Economic Geology; Or, Geology in Its Relations to the Arts and Manufactures by David Page (1874)
"L—millstones. Grits. In the olden times, the ordinary millstones—that is, stones
for the reduction of grains and seeds into meals—were chosen from the ..."
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