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2. Mo (grist mill) - Wikipedia

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   Mo (grist mill) Mo ( Chinese: 磨; pinyin: mò; lit. 'mill') [1] [2] were stone implements used for grinding wheat in ancient China. [1] [2] It was a rotary quern millstone powered by a hand-operated crank fixed at the top to grind and pulverize grains, wheat, and rice into flour. [1] [2]

3. Millstone - Wikipedia

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   It's a stone hand mill used to grind roasted kernels and almonds. It stands out from the grain mill thanks to the truncated cone shape and greater height of its runner millstone ( agurf wuflla ), as well as the presence of a spout ( abajjr or tilst ) and a pouring spout ( ils ) on the nether millstone ( agurf u wadday ).

4. Mill (grinding) - Wikipedia

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   A mill is a device, often a structure, machine or kitchen appliance, that breaks solid materials into smaller pieces by grinding, crushing, or cutting. Such comminution is an important unit operation in many processes. There are many different types of mills and many types of materials processed in them. Historically mills were powered by hand ...

5. Gristmill - Wikipedia

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   Allied Mills flour mill on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in North West England. A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it.

6. Quern-stone - Wikipedia

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   Quern-stones are stone tools for hand- grinding a wide variety of materials, especially for various types of grains. They are used in pairs. The lower stationary stone of early examples is called a saddle quern, while the upper mobile stone is called a muller, rubber, or handstone. The upper stone was moved in a back-and-forth motion across the ...

7. Water wheel - Wikipedia

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   Water wheel. A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with a number of blades or buckets arranged on the outside rim forming the driving car.