Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mill for grinding or bruising bones, used in the preparation of fertilizers, bone-black, etc.
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Examples
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Between you and myself, dear reader, I wouldn't give a sou-markee for all the old bones gathered up during the last eighteen centuries, unless to start a bone-mill and sell the dust at a remunerative profit.
The Land of Thor 1848
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