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macineddu

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Sicilian

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Etymology

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From màcina +‎ -eddu. Compare Italian macinello and Maltese maċinell.

Noun

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macineddu m (plural macineddi)

  1. (art) muller (tool to grind colours)
  2. coffee grinder, coffee mill
  3. (typography) stick to grind ink (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

References

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  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “macineddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2319
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