One of the excavated areas contains grindstones made of red granite and black basalt. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
The grindstone was the kind that operated with a pedal, but the pedal had a tendency to stick. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
And that grindstone is spinning fast and hard. From Wordnik.com. [A Preview of Coming Attractions] Reference
Turning a grindstone is the healthiest thing a boy can do. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883] Reference
But it would also mean leaving poor Tommy at the grindstone, which is hard. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Lamp in the Desert] Reference
"Then if someone invented a new kind of grindstone to grind tools and blades in a quarter of the time, what would they do?". From Wordnik.com. [Patience Wins War in the Works] Reference
Once when the grindstone almost jumped its bearing. From Wordnik.com. [American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany] Reference
And thus they wear out their life on that grindstone. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
You need to get away from the grindstone once in a while. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
But a grindstone should never stand in water or it would rot. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
I decide I probably just wasn't nose to the grindstone enough. From Wordnik.com. [Garden Goddess for Hire] Reference
Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge!. From Wordnik.com. [Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story] Reference
He is also to bring over a grindstone to sharpen the spears on. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
"How about the fellow you traded the cracked grindstone to, Rad?". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road] Reference
The pottery when cold may be dressed on a grindstone if necessary. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
"Yes, he did; but we greased the grindstone and got through at noon,". From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
On these the Democrats are placed with their noses on the grindstone. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
Surface impurity can of course be got rid of by means of a grindstone. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
Oil is used on oilstones for the same purpose as water on a grindstone. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
You keep your nose to the grindstone, you will forget all these things. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
And between 'em our noses are going to be held right down on the grindstone. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
He holds our nasal appendages close to the grindstone of his imperious will. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
Of course, Elmer could see through a grindstone that had a hole in its center. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails] Reference
As we move forward together, I urge you to remember this: Life is a grindstone. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley Sherrod: We Can't Yield -- Not Now, Not Ever] Reference
I went over to this grindstone and saw a man grinding away at the sole of his gym shoe. From Wordnik.com. [Coming of Age: 1939-1946] Reference
The grindstone employed for sharpening the knife should be "quick," so as to leave a rough edge. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
The discs are then dressed circular on a grindstone, the rod serving both as a gauge and handle. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
The slices are dressed on a grindstone according to instructions already given for small lenses. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
It is well to have the waste from the grindstone empty into a cisternlike box under it, Fig. 221. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
This is true whether it has reference to a grindstone, emery, corundum wheel, or a plain oil stone. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference
A few pencils and gravers, a vise bench, and a grindstone no longer make an engraving establishment. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
"All right," said Bob, and he got a can of water for the grindstone -- an ancient model, turned by hand. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
If a man save not as he gets, he may keep his nose to the grindstone all his life, and die not worth a groat. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
I have a good knife with two parallel blades that can be taken off, and put on the grindstone, and got as sharp as a razor. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913] Reference
Also I did not want to make friends and relatives, who put their noses to the grindstone in more commercial pursuits, feel bad. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Hear The One About Plato?] Reference
Apparently Johnston, still in Los Angeles after his appearance at the Teen Choice Awards, already has his nose to the grindstone. From Wordnik.com. [Names & Faces: Levi Johnston, Jennifer Lopez, Alanis Morissette and more] Reference
Every farmer in this country has his nose on the interest grindstone, and my life has been spoiled with it ever since I can remember. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
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