The grinding of the grain was done with a grindstone called a Rotary Quern, or a Hand Quern if you were poorer. |
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She kept her nose to the grindstone, her feet on the ground and her hands to herself. |
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Determined to become a chiropractor from a very early age, she kept her nose to the grindstone all through high school and college. |
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Forget the trouble and strife forget the chores and the deadlines, forget that the nose is at the grindstone! |
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We also took turns at turning the crank of the grindstone when scythes needed to be sharpened. |
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But at York Crown Court, Judge John Swanson kept his nose so hard to the grindstone, the court staff had to work in relays to keep up with him. |
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Men occasionally damaged axes, meaning a visit to a nearby grindstone to hone a nick from the edge. |
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I found him at the grindstone, turning it with one hand as he held a butchery knife to it with the other. |
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We are expected to keep our nose to the grindstone at work, be mindful at school and be reverent in church. |
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His master, Monsieur Vanderdendur, cut off his hand when his finger got caught in the grindstone in a sugar mill. |
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I must keep my nose to the grindstone, adhere to routine, and remain undistracted by impulses and passion. |
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Climbing on the roof, Gawain suddenly heard a violent noise, clattering off the cliff like a grindstone on a scythe. |
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Brian keeps my nose to the grindstone and I continue to drive him up the wall with my behind-the-scene questions. |
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I wouldn't saddle him with a debt where he'd have to keep his nose to the grindstone for the rest of his life. |
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He is seen sharpening a weapon on an old-fashioned grindstone. |
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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. |
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He has kept his nose to the grindstone and will be pointing to investment and projects in the area as part of the benefits of having a local councillors. |
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He just knew that if he kept his nose to the grindstone and did an honest, good day's work, it would pay off and it certainly has in every position he's done. |
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Setting your shoulder to the wheel, your nose to the grindstone, putting away childish things. |
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To be in a soap you have to be someone who is prepared to be at the grindstone, because it's all hands on deck. |
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It may merely be a subtle way to keep noses to the grindstone for longer, says one cynic, causing more stress, not less. |
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And he was known as a genial chap who preferred to keep his nose some distance from the grindstone. |
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But fears that the government is going to hold workers' noses to the grindstone are unwarranted. |
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From November elected Police and Crime Commissioners are expected to keep police noses to that grindstone. |
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The millstone was made of a cement stone with an abrasive crown held in place by a grindstone. |
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This grindstone is used to grind 4 foot logs into mechanical or groundwood pulp. |
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New Brunswick's quartzose sandstones were quarried for decades as dimension stone, millstone and grindstone material. |
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If two people were to work on a grindstone, the one left behind would keep on working, even after the other person is taken up. |
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Groundwood pulp was obtained by a grinding process, using a pulpstone or grindstone. |
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In the manufacture of groundwood pulp, entire spruce logs are pressed against a rotating grindstone. |
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We have five weeks left before nationals and we have to keep our nose to the grindstone and continue building our elements. |
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On one hand, we're told to keep our nose to the grindstone. But we intuitively know that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. |
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Equipment placed in charge of the bands included axes, cross-cut saws, a pit saw, an auger, grindstone, a chest of carpenter's tools as well as seed for wheat, barley, potatoes and oats. |
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Artifacts included stone flakes, red and yellow ochres, a grindstone and pieces of human-altered quartzite or white quartz. |
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Those sort of people lived the life of Riley while I had my nose to the grindstone, grinding out their basic needs. |
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Around 1480, the early medieval rotary grindstone was improved with a treadle and crank mechanism. |
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Once these pieces are assembled, he scores the bronze using a grindstone, or a circular saw to give it dimension, and highlight the metal's vibrancy. |
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It may be prolonged on the initiative of the Commission, but it certainly keeps the Commission's nose to the grindstone and is a powerful weapon available to Parliament. |
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They are made of a ciment stone and an abrasive crown held in place with a grindstone that ripped fibers to produce mechanical or groundwood pulp. |
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If he'd keep his nose to the grindstone a bit more, he could be a pretty good student. |
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We were the only party whose members had their noses to the grindstone. |
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Keeping his nose to the musical grindstone, K-Maro soon focused his attention on preparing material for a second album, tackling the tricky question of a follow-up after his debut success. |
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Keep your hands clean and your nose to the grindstone. |
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