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rind

2[rahynd, rind]
–noun
a piece of iron running across an upper millstone as a support.
Also, rynd.
Also called millrind.


Origin:
1300–50; ME rynd; c. MD rijn, MLG rīn
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Word Origin & History

rind 
O.E. rinde "bark, crust," later "peel of a fruit or vegetable" (c.1400), from P.Gmc. *rendo- (cf. O.S. rinda, M.Du. rinde, Ger. Rinde), related to O.E. rendan "to rend."
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