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English
Etymology
From Middle English rynd, rynde, ryne, from Middle Dutch rijn, rine (“rynd”) or Middle Low German rîn, rîne (“rynd”).
Noun
rynd (plural rynds)
- (historical) A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone, by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
References
- Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Rynd”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.
- “rynd”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle English
Noun
rynd
- Alternative form of rind (“bark”)
Vilamovian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hrinþaz
Pronunciation
Noun
rynd n
- bull, ox
Derived terms