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mill⋅stone

  [mil-stohn]
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–noun
1. either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill.
2. anything that grinds or crushes.
3. any heavy mental or emotional burden (often used in the phrase a millstone around one's neck).
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME milneston, OE mylenstān. See mill 1 , stone
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mill·stone   (mĭl'stōn')   
n.  

  1. One of a pair of cylindrical stones used in a mill for grinding grain.

  2. A heavy weight; a burden: This job is a millstone around my neck.

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millstone 
O.E. mylenstan, from mill (n.1) + stone (q.v.). Fig. sense of "a burden" is from Matt. xviii.6.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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