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Other forms of quern-stone include hopper-rubbers and Pompeian mills, both used by the Romans. The larger rotary mills were usually worked by a donkey or horse via an extension arm of wood attached to the upper stone. Sound of a Roman mill. Querns utilizing crank-and-connecting rods were used in the Western Han Dynasty. [26]
Ancient history – Aggregate of past events from the beginning of recorded human history and extending as far as the Early Middle Ages or the Postclassical Era. The span of recorded history is roughly five thousand years, beginning with the earliest linguistic records in the third millennium BC in Mesopotamia and Egypt .
Delray began a small agricultural community in the late eighteenth century. Its first storekeeper, John McDonald, owned and operated a stave mill and a barrel factory near his residence. [3] The name Delray most likely is a name derived from Spanish meaning "of the king". [4]
The word has its origin in the Latin trapetum that means oil mill. [2] From the Sicilian language trappitu [3] the term, crossing the Mozarab Valencia, with its typical change of termination to «-ig» via the Catalan language (trapig-Gandía, 1536-, trapitz de canyamel-Mallorca, 1466-) [4] has arrived to the other languages of the Iberian peninsula as trapiche. [5]
The name "quarterstaff" is first attested in the mid-16th century. The "quarter" possibly refers to the means of production, the staff being made from quartersawn hardwood (as opposed to a staff of lower quality made from conventionally sawn lumber or from a tree branch). [2]
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Old Spanish (roman, romançe, romaz; [3] Spanish: español medieval), also known as Old Castilian or Medieval Spanish, refers to the varieties of Ibero-Romance spoken predominantly in Castile and environs during the Middle Ages. The earliest, longest, and most famous literary composition in Old Spanish is the Cantar de mio Cid (c. 1140–1207).