adj
Obsolete form of alabaster. [Made of alabaster.]
n
That which comminutes; a grinding device.
n
A dental instrument used to pack filling into a cavity in a tooth.
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(in the plural) Crushed material.
v
To refine by means of a cupel.
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A machine that peels off the fibrous husk, bark or outer layer of some vegetable product; used in the manufacture of animal feed etc.
n
A machine used to defeather
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(paper-making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.
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A machine for stripping the skin from fruits.
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(food processing) A prebreaker.
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Splinters or match-wood - fragments
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An organ in the gastrointestinal tract of some animals, which contains dentition, that is used to grind food. The gnashing of the teeth/plates in the mill is also used by some of the creatures to create audible growling, as a form of communication.
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The act of removing seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
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A machine used to sort food by size or quality.
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Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
v
(transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
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(transitive) To make something hard smaller and smoother by gradually rubbing off tiny bits, to wear down.
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(US, regional, western New England) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
n
(UK, dialect, uncountable) The materials used by leatherworkers.
adj
(obsolete) Crushing; oppressive; overwhelming.
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of grinding.
v
(transitive) To grind in a mill.
v
(ceramics) To grind and screen (clay) to a specific particle size.
n
Any device or substance that is used to remove hair from the body, such as a shaver, wax etc..
n
Alternative spelling of hair-salt [(mineralogy, dated) A habit of epsomite which occurs as silky, hair-like fibers.]
n
Alternative form of hair spray [A usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle.]
n
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
v
(transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp.
n
Alternative form of melangeur [A machine for grinding ingredients and mixing them when making chocolate (or rarely nut butter, etc), consisting of roller stones inside a drum.]
n
An obsolete spelling of milter.
n
The act or result of misgrinding.
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A brush used to create a mottled surface by removing parts of the glaze from an object.
v
To powder; to pulverize.
v
To grind up into, or as if into, powder.
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Alternative form of melangeur [A machine for grinding ingredients and mixing them when making chocolate (or rarely nut butter, etc), consisting of roller stones inside a drum.]
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(textile) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing. Colloquially known as a bobble, fuzzball, or lint ball.
v
Obsolete form of powder. [(transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.]
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(historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
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To grind salt crystals into powder using a mortar and pestle or similar device.
v
(transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
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(transitive) To render into dust or powder.
n
Fine, dry particles produced by the grinding, crushing, or disintegration of a solid substance.
v
To crush or grind food into a puree.
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A machine for moistening animal skins with water.
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Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
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A machine that removes smut from grain by breaking open the diseased grains and removing them via airstream.
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(transitive) To scrub with soapstone.
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A form of mallet used to beat meat before cooking.
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The process by which something is threshed.
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(obsolete, transitive) To grind or break to pieces; crush.
n
A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.
v
To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.
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The act of triturating; grinding to a fine powder.
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(obsolete) A rubbing or grinding; trituration.
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The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
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Smoothing damp material with a sponge.
n
Ground-up wood; sawdust.
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