MILLSTONE

MILLSTONE. → Not to be taken as a pledge De 24:6 → Probably used in executions by drowning Mt 18:6; Mr 9:42; Lu 17:2 → Abimelech killed by one being of hurled upon him Jud 9:53 → Figurative of a hard heart Job 41:24

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millstone. Millstone, n. a heavy stone to grind corn with

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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. ☞ 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.)