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Bedstone
The lower fixed MILLSTONE in a horizontal pair. Also known as a ligger, nether stone, lower millstone, under stone or lyer(to"lig" = to"lie" in Cumbrian dialect).
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Alternative terms
| Term | Language | Region |
| (meule) gisante, dormante, meule f inférieure, gîte m | French | |
| Boden-, Lager-, Unter¦stein m | German | |
| Dead Stone | English | |
| Ligger | English | Cumbria |
| ligger, liggende steen | Dutch | |
| Lower millstone | English | |
| Lyer | English | |
| Lying Stone | English | Scotland |
| Nether stone | English | |
| Under stone | English |
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