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  Millstone \Mill"stone`\, n.
     One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other
     substance.
  
           No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to
           pledge.                                  --Deut. xxiv.
                                                    6.
  
     Note: The cellular siliceous rock called buhrstone is usually
           employed for millstones; also, some kinds of lava, as
           that Niedermendig, or other firm rock with rough
           texture. The surface of a millstone has usually a
           series of radial grooves in which the powdered material
           collects.
  
     Millstone girt (Geol.), a hard and coarse, gritty
        sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the
        Subcarboniferous strata. See Farewell rock, under
        Farewell, a., and Chart of Geology.
  
     To see into, or through, a millstone, to see into or
        through a difficult matter. (Colloq.)

  See \See\, v. t. [imp. Saw; p. p. Seen; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Seeing.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se['o]n; akin to OFries.
     s[=i]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[=a],
     Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa['i]hwan, and probably to L. sequi
     to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the
     eyes). Gr. ??????, Skr. sac. Cf. Sight, Sun to follow.]
     1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence
        and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to
        behold; to descry; to view.
  
              I will new turn aside, and see this great sight.
                                                    --Ex. iii. 3.
  
     2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or
        conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to
        discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to
        ascertain.
  
              Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy
              brethren.                             --Gen. xxxvii.
                                                    14.
  
              Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii.
                                                    34.
  
              Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device?
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to
        regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak.
  
              I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not
              care for centradicting him.           --Addison.
  
     4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call
        upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.
  
              And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day
              of his death.                         --1 Sam. xv.
                                                    35.
  
     5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication
        with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to
        see military service.
  
              Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast
              afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen
              evil.                                 --Ps. xc. 15.
  
              Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my
              saying, he shall never see death.     --John viii.
                                                    51.
  
              Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men.
                                                    --Locke.
  
     6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to
        see one home; to see one aboard the cars.
  
     God+you+({him,+or+me" rel="nofollow">God you ({him, or me, etc.) see, God keep you (him, me,
        etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     To see (anything) out, to see (it) to the end; to be
        present at, or attend, to the end.
  
     To see stars, to see flashes of light, like stars; --
        sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.]
        
  
     To see (one) through, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the
        end of a course or an undertaking.