bark-mill

He was sitting in a corner of one of the sheds, helping two or three women to split bark, very busy at work; yet he found time to stop now and then, and administer a wisp of sweet hay to the old blind mare, as she went slowly round and round, turning the bark-mill.

John Halifax, Gentleman 1897

And then, as he once more urged the old mule on, the busy bark-mill kept up such a whir that he could hear nothing else.

Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

Birt, who had turned away to the bark-mill, whirled back in a rising passion.

Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

Perkins had not done so much work for a twelvemonth as in his efforts to keep the boy, the mule, and the bark-mill going together.

Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

Since he had lost all his hopes down the ravine, the continuance of Jube Perkins's favor and the dreary routine with the mule and the bark-mill were his best prospects.

Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

This was the first time the two had met since Birt's ill-starred confidence there by the bark-mill.

Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

He hardly heard; and as the old bark-mill ground and ground the bark, and the mule jogged around and around, and the hot sun shone, and the voices of the men handling the hides at the tanpit were loud on the air, all his thoughts were of the cool, dark, sequestered ravine, holding in its cloven heart the secret he had discovered.

Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

"Did Nate gin ye a word fur me?" he called sonorously, above the clamor of the noisy bark-mill.

Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

She was as familiar an object at the tanyard as the bark-mill itself.

Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

Ah, if the bark-mill, and the old mule, and the tan-pit, and the wood-pile, and the cornfield might testify!

Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886