Dict: smith - MILL

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MILL - M>@ - The mills of the ancient Hebrews probably differed but little from those at present in use in the East. These consist of two circular stones, each about eighteen inches or two feet in diameter, the lower of which is fixed, and has its upper surface slightly convex, fitting into a corresponding concavity in the upper stone. In the latter is a hole thorough which the grain passes, immediately above a pivot or shaft which rises from the centre of the lower stone, and about which the upper stone is turned by means of an upright handle fixed near the edge. It is worked by women, sometimes singly and sometimes two together, who are usually seated on the bare ground. kjv@Isaiah:47:1-2) "facing each other; both have hold of the handle by which the upper is turned round on the ’nether’ millstone. The one whose right hand is disengaged throws in the grain as occasion requires through the hole in the upper stone. It is not correct to say that one pushes it half round and then the other seizes the handle. This would be slow work, and would give a spasmodic motion to the stone. Both retain their hold, and pull to or push from , as men do with the whip or cross-cut saw. The proverb of our Saviour, kjv@Matthew:24:41) is true to life, for women only grind. I cannot recall an instance in which men were at the mill."
Thomson, "The Land and the Book," 100:34. So essential were millstones for daily domestic use that they were forbidden to be taken in pledge. (24:6) There were also larger mills that could only be turned by cattle or asses. Allusion to one of these is made in kjv@Matthew:18:6) With the movable upper millstone of the hand-mill the woman of Thebez broke Abimelech’s skull. kjv@Judges:9:53)

MILLET - M>@ - a kind of grain. A number os species are cultivated in the East. When green it is used as fodder, and for bread when ripe. kjv@Ezekiel:4:9) It is probable that both the Sorghum vulgare and that Panicum miliaceum were used, and the Hebrew dochan may denote either of these plants.

MILLO - M>@ - (a rampart, mound) a place in ancient Jerusalem. Both name and place seem to have been already in existence when the city was taken from the Jebusites by David. (2 Samuel kjv@5:9; 1Chronicles:11:8) Its repair or restoration was one of the great works for which Solomon raised his "levy," (Kings:9:15,24; 11:27) and it formed a prominent part of the fortifications by which Hezekiah prepared for the approach of the Assyrians. ( kjv@2Chronicles:32:5) The last passage seems to show that "the Milo" was part of the "city of David," that is, of Zion. Comp. ( kjv@2Kings:12:20)

MILLO, THE HOUSE OF - M>@ - Apparently a family or clan, mentioned in kjv@Judges:9:6 kjv@Judges:9:20) only, in connection with the men or lords of Shechem. The spot at which King Joash was murdered by his slaves. ( kjv@2Kings:12:20)