Both Uses
grindstone
in
The Scarlet Ibis
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- A grindstone stands where the bleeding tree stood, just outside the kitchen door, and now if an oriole sings in the elm, its song seems to die up in the leaves, a silvery dust.†
- But sometimes (like right now), as I sit in the cool, green-draped parlor, the grindstone begins to turn, and time with all its changes is ground away—and I remember Doodle.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(grindstone as in: sharpen on a grindstone) a revolving disk-shaped stone used to grind (as when wheat is ground to flour), or used to sharpen or polish (as when sharpening a knife)
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(2)
(grindstone as in: back to the grindstone) hard work
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)