It were better, says One who saw clearly into that awful realm beyond, if a heavy millstone were knotted about their necks, and they were flung into the deepest place of the lake that lay before Him as he spoke.
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in Me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Why did n't I hold up to him those awful examples I could have cited, where poor young fellows who could just keep themselves afloat have hung a matrimonial millstone round their necks, taking it for a life-preserver?
The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center.
A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.
The surface of a millstone has usually a series of radial grooves in which the powdered material collects.
I stood some minutes by the hall window gazing out upon the dreary winter landscape, the dull sky, the brown bare trees, the hard grey earth, ashes of roses in hue, the nether millstone in hardness.
A few years back it was an axiom of the trade that the condition of the millstone was the key to successful milling.
When the millstone is used in place of the roll the flour is of equally good color, and more round and granular.
I want her to be happy; and I don't care how soon she gets rid of her money if it is going to be a millstoneround her neck.
I'm nothing but a common-place sort of girl, with no end of relations to be consulted every time I wink, and a dreadful fortune hanging like a millstone round my neck, to weigh me down if I try to fly.
Beds of coal sometimes alternate with beds of millstone grit.
The millstone was not removed at that time, however; but in answer to prayer it was unquestionably lightened.
The upper millstone is now sometimes balanced with lead, which Tibbald said was not the case of old.
The egg rolled itself into a towel, the pin stuck itself into the chair-cushion, the needle jumped on to the bed in the middle of the pillow, and the millstone laid itself over the door.
Much of the higher ground in the west is capped by Millstone Grit, as at Muggleswick and Walsingham commons.
Richard, bursting into the little group, and clapped a hand heavy as a millstone on the man-at-arms's shoulder.
So the man went and felt the millstone with one hand.
Well, he did so; and just then the lad snatched out the wedge and let the upper millstone down on him, so that he was caught fast by the hands between the stones.
Come here, come here,' he called out as soon as he saw the old hunks; 'and you shall feel what a wonderful millstone this is.
And whoever shall offend one of the little ones having faith, it would be better for him if a millstone was put about his neck and he was cast into the sea.
He would be thought to look farther into a millstone than any body else.
They see farther into a millstone than most others.
No threats so terrifying as those aimed at men who should harm little children: "It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Well might it be said of the man who mistreated such a child: "It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
It was a great ponderous block of millstone grit, which had become detached just at the spot where, high up, mountain limestone and the above-named formation joined.
Woe unto him who offends one of my little ones; it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depths of the sea.
If any man offend against one of my little ones, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depths of the sea.
They knew by heart the words of Jesus, "Woe unto him who offends against one of my little ones; it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depths of the sea.
They were the miller--the same whose millstone Curly had broken by shutting down the sluice--and Thomas Crann, the latest architect employed about the building.
Cloud Hill, a striking feature near Congleton, is capped by the "Third Grit," one of the Millstone Grit series.
East of Bosley Min, on either side of the Goyt valley, are the Millstone Grits and Shales, forming the elevated moorland tracts.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "millstone" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
