Millrind

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  • n. An iron support, usually four-armed or cross-shaped, for the turning ("runner") stone in a pair of millstones.
  • n. A heraldic charge resembling a stylized millstone support of this kind.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center.
  • Word Usage
    "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."
    Equivalent
    millrynd   
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