ABYSSINIA. wheat in this country. Before the corn can be used for bread it must be ground : which operation is performed by a very simple and primitive apparatus, consisting merely of two stones, — the " mout-han " or grinding- stone, and the " mudid " or grinder (b). The "mout- han " (A) is a… … Grinding-stone. the person at wTork, its surface sloping gradually down- wards, so as to allow the flour as it is ground to fall of itself into the hole (e), or into the troughs (ad), one of which is on each side of the stone, and whence it is swept by the hand into c. The corn to be ground is…
Ethiopia -- Description and travel
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