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Runner :: Runner (n.) The rotating stone of a set of millstones.

Grind :: Grind (v. i.) To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.

Bosom :: Bosom (n.) A depression round the eye of a millstone.

Manna Croup :: Manna croup () The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats..

Bridgepot :: Bridgepot (n.) The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle..

Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.

Eye :: Eye (n.) The hole through the upper millstone.

Draff :: Draff (n.) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.

Grit :: Grit (n.) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit..

Grind :: Grind (v. t.) To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones..

Semolina :: Semolina (n.) The fine, hard parts of wheat, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, -- used in cookery..

Millrynd :: Millrynd (n.) A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center.

Cockeye :: Cockeye (n.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead..

Dress :: Dress (n.) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.

Rynd :: Rynd (n.) A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

Run :: Run (n.) A pair or set of millstones.

Husk :: Husk (n.) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.

Millstone :: Millstone (n.) One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

Ink :: Ink (n.) The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs..

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