(1) I looked in at the mill, saw the wear on the grindstone , awoke the morning next and - strangely - ordered that another be cut from my quarries up north.

(2) This can be done by rubbing away surplus metal with a grindstone , whetstone, oilstone, steel, ceramic rod, leather strop or the palm of your hand.

(3) His master, Monsieur Vanderdendur, cut off his hand when his finger got caught in the grindstone in a sugar mill.

(4) We also took turns at turning the crank of the grindstone when scythes needed to be sharpened.

(5) Men occasionally damaged axes, meaning a visit to a nearby grindstone to hone a nick from the edge.

(6) The grinding of the grain was done with a grindstone called a Rotary Quern, or a Hand Quern (a small stone on top of a larger stone with the grain in between) if you were poorer.

(7) He is seen sharpening a weapon on an old-fashioned grindstone .

(8) We're ready, the blades are being honed on the grindstones .

(9) The most important possessions of the miller were his pairs of grindstones , which were incredibly expensive.

(10) Inside, huge grindstones are crushing wheat into flour once again, after an interruption of a century or so.