macineddu

Sicilian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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