Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mixing and stirring machine for combining lime, sand, and other materials to make mortar.
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A mortar that has found approval for tall chimney shafts is composed by grinding in a mortar-mill one part of blue lias lime with one part each of sand and foundry ashes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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