Millstone
Millstones or mill stones are stones used in grist mills, for grinding wheat or other grains.
Millstones come in pairs. The base or bedstone is stationary. Above the bedstone is the turning runner stone which actually does the grinding. The runner stone spins above the stationary bedstone creating the "scissoring" or grinding action of the stones. A runner stone is generally slightly concave, while the bedstone is slightly convex. This helps to channel the ground flour to the outer edges of the stones where it can be gathered up.
The runner stone is supported by a cross-shaped metal piece (rind or rynd) fixed to a "mace head" topping the main shaft or spindle leading to the driving mechanism of the mill (wind, water (including tide) or other means).
History
Neolithic and Upper Paleolithic people used millstones to grind grains, nuts, rhizomes and other vegetable food products for consumption. These implements are often called grinding stones. They used either staddle stones or rotary querns turned by hand. Such devices were also used to grind pigments and metal ores prior to smelting.
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Your Misery Won't Keep Me Company
by: MilestonesSpend all your time looking for people to blame
Stay up all night and day when your set in your ways
Aren’t you sick and tired of waiting around?
Only you can pick yourself up from the ground
So many years ahead to waste away
Why would someone waste these days?
So many years ahead to waste away
Why would you waste these days?
Your miserable or so you tell me
You’re a liar, it’s overwhelming
Life’s only as bad as you say it is
Your miserable or so you tell me
You’re a liar, it’s overwhelming
It’s time to grow up man, your not a kid
Falling short of what’s expected of you
Your lack of confidence has got the best of you
Your in a spiral heading downward
Don’t be so stubborn to break your stride as It might just save your life
Your in a spiral heading downward
Don’t be so stubborn to break your stride as It might just save your life
Your miserable or so you tell me
You’re a liar, it’s overwhelming
Life’s only as bad as you say it is
Your miserable or so you tell me
You’re a liar, it’s overwhelming