Meaning of MILLSTONE
| Pronunciation: | | 'milstown
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- [n] one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
- [n] any load that is difficult to carry
- [n] (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck"
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| | Synonyms: | | albatross |
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| | See Also: | | balk, baulk, burden, check, deterrent, gristmill, handicap, hindrance, impediment, load, loading, stone | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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. --Deut. xxiv.
6.
Note: 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, or through, {a millstone}, to see into or
through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)
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| | Related Terms: | | bale, burden, burdening, burthen, cargo, charge, charging, cheese grater, comminutor, crusher, cumber, cumbrance, deadweight, drag, duty, encumbrance, freight, granulator, grater, grinder, handicap, incubus, incumbency, kominuter, lading, levigator, load, loading, masher, mill, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, onus, oppression, overload, overtaxing, overweighting, pestle, pressure, pulverizer, quern, quernstone, rock crusher, roller, saddling, shredder, steamroller, superincumbency, surcharge, task, tax, taxing, triturator, weight |
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