ˈhand-mill
A grinding mill consisting of one millstone turned upon another by hand, a quern. Now, also, applied to a simple machine for grinding coffee, or the like, worked by hand-power.
| 1563–87 Foxe A. & M. (1596) 75/2 Quirinus the bishop of Scescanius having a handmill tied about his necke, was throwne headlong from the bridge into the flood. 1573–80 Baret Alv. H 92 An Handmill: a querne. 1792 A. Young Trav. France 536 Feudal tyranny in Bretagne, armed with the judicial power, has not blushed even in these times at breaking hand-mills. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 43 A quern-stone, or upper half of an ancient hand-mill. |