mortar engine

A machine for grinding and combing materials into mortar. *mortar-man, s. A mason. mortar-mill, s. 1. A mill in which the sand, lime, and mortar are compounded by rakes attached to the arms of a revolving wheel that moves round in a circular bed. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, 2. A mill consisting of two heavy drums running in a circular trough that turns on a vertical axis. The materials for the mortar are placed in the trough, and ground to finene under the edges of the drums, as under the runners of a Chilian mill. *mortar-piece, subst . The same as MORTAR, 3 (q. v.). "They raised a strong battery, and planted upon it a mortar- piece that cast stones and grana does of sixteen inches diameter."-Baker: Charles I. (an. 1648). IMG:content-1413.png:[blocks in formation] with mortar. "Electricity cannot be mortared, ended like London monument." - Emerson: English Traits, ch. xiii.