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#*'''1802''', J. Drayton, ''A view of South Carolina, as respects her natural and civil concerns'', 121 |
#*'''1802''', J. Drayton, ''A view of South Carolina, as respects her natural and civil concerns'', 121 |
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#*:Rice mills, called '''pecker''', cog, and water '''mills'''... The first... so called, from the pestle's striking... in the manner of a wood pecker. |
#*:Rice mills, called '''pecker''', cog, and water '''mills'''... The first... so called, from the pestle's striking... in the manner of a wood pecker. |
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#*'''1949''', S. C. Murray, ''This Our Land: the Story of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina'', 41 |
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#*:After being thrashed by flail or whipped off, the rice was milled and dressed wholly by hand or by a crude machine called a ‘'''pecker'''’. |
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Revision as of 17:29, 5 July 2014
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) pecker + (deprecated template usage) mill.
English
pecker mill (plural pecker mills)
- (deprecated template usage) (US regional, historical) A rice mill.
- 1802, J. Drayton, A view of South Carolina, as respects her natural and civil concerns, 121
- Rice mills, called pecker, cog, and water mills... The first... so called, from the pestle's striking... in the manner of a wood pecker.
- 1802, J. Drayton, A view of South Carolina, as respects her natural and civil concerns, 121