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millstone (n.)
[millstone 词源字典]
Old English
mylenstan,
from
mill
(n.1) +
stone
(n.). Figurative sense of "a burden" (1720) is from Matt. xviii:6.
[millstone etymology, millstone origin, 英语词源]