Millstone

[Mill·stone`]

One of a pair of heavy flat disk shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain

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One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

Noun
one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain

Noun
any load that is difficult to carry

Noun
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck"

n.
One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

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.

&hand; 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, ∨ through, a millstone, to see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

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