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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Her.) A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center.
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- noun An
iron support , usually four-armed orcross -shaped, for the turning ("runner") stone in a pair ofmillstones . - noun heraldry A
heraldic charge resembling astylized millstone support of this kind.
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In the spaces on either side are a number of trade emblems -- a square, an axe, an adze, a mallet and chisel, a millrind, an axe-pick of the kind used by millers for dressing the mill-stone, the coulter of a plough, a hammer and anvil (?), and an auger, indicating probably the various mechanical aptitudes of the deceased.
Chronicles of Strathearn John Hunter 1883
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