gristmill

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gristmill englannista suomeksi

1. mylly, valssimylly

0. Substantiivi

gristmill englanniksi

1. A mill that grinds grain; especially, a small-scale local mill that grinds grain brought by a local farmer to be exchanged for the resulting flour (less a percentage).

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2. 2008, (w), ''The Hour I First Believed'', Ch.1, at p.11:

Next day after school, I drove over to the town hall and found out where Hay was building their dinky little shoebox of a house. It was out in the sticks, out past the old gristmill. I drove out there around dusk. The place was framed; the chimney was up. Overhead was a pockmarked moon.