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Sicilian
Etymology
From màcina + -eddu. Compare Italian macinello and Maltese maċinell.
Noun
macineddu m (plural macineddi)
- (art) muller (tool to grind colours)
- coffee grinder, coffee mill
- (typography) stick to grind ink (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “macineddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2319