dis mem brat or (dis mem brat or)

[= Sp. Pg. des mem brad or, In some mills a machine called a dis mem brat or is used. It has two steel disks, one stationary and one revolv. ing, each carrying a multitude of needles, which work like the pins on a threshing-machine. The effect is to knock off pieces of flour and middlings attached to bran. IMG:content-2825.png:[blocks in formation]