Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Millstones

To weep millstones. Not weep at all.

Bid Gloster think on this, and he will weep-
Aye, millstones, as he lessoned us to weep.

Shakespeare: Richard III., i. 6.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Millstones of Montisci
Millstono used for a Ferry
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