单词 | hand-mill |
释义 | ˈhand-mill A grinding mill consisting of one millstone turned upon another by hand, a quern. Now, also, applied to a simple machine for grinding coffee, or the like, worked by hand-power.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 75/2 Quirinus the bishop of Scescanius having a handmill tied about his necke, was throwne headlong from the bridge into the flood. 1573–80Baret Alv. H 92 An Handmill: a querne. 1792A. Young Trav. France 536 Feudal tyranny in Bretagne, armed with the judicial power, has not blushed even in these times at breaking hand-mills. 1875W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 43 A quern-stone, or upper half of an ancient hand-mill. |

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