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An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grrinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands. [Eng.] Soc and sac (O. Eng. Law), the full right of administering justice in a manor or lordship.

A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill. Cowell.

Of or pertaining to sleep or dreams. The somnial magic superinducted on, without suspending, the active powers of the mind. Coleridge.

To strike; to beat; to crush. These cooks how they stamp and strain and grind. Chaucer.

to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna. Steppe murrain. (Far.) See Rinderpest.

The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding. De Colange.

thing what it is; real or existing essence. These cooks, how they stamp, and strain, and grind, And turn substance into accident! Chaucer. Heroic virtue did his actions guide, And he the substance, not the appearance, chose. Dryden.

The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet. [Prov. Eng.]

A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.

ay or stop for. [Archaic] He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding. Shak. He plodded on, . . . tarrying no further question. Sir W. Scott.

ven to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia.

enants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding. Erskine.

A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding. Toll and team (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a market, and jurisdiction of villeins. Burrill. -- Toll bar, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers. -- Toll bridge, a bridge wher…

gyptiaca; also, the plant itself. The fruit is very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds, is used as a sponge or towel. Called also Egyptian bath sponge, and dishcloth.

To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.

The act of triturating, or reducing to a fine or impalpable powder by grinding, rubbing, bruising, etc. Paley.

A rubbing or grinding; trituration. [Obs.] Cheyne.

he East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and a peculiar flavor.

The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and sometimes of chemicals such as blue vitriol and salt.

R.] Whitening stone, a sharpening and polishing stone used by cutlers; also, a finishing grindstone of fine texture.