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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A device formerly used by gold-miners for grinding auriferous quartz, crudely resembling a mortar and pestle, with the crushing element dragged around by horse or mule.

Synonyms

All synonyms

mill

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arrastre.

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