Reference for Bava Batra 134:3

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> ים טלפחא ממל א"ר אבא בר ממל מפרכתא בתולות א"ר יוחנן כלונסות של ארז שמעמידין בהן את הקורה עבירים כבשי גלגל חומרתא קורה קורה

The POUNDING STONE, according to R. Abba bar Memel, is [what is called in Aramaic] 'crusher'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Apparently a stone or piece of cement with a hollow for fixing the pounder in. ');">⁴</span> The 'MAIDENS', according to R. Johanan, are cedar posts by which the beam is supported.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Strictly speaking, the beam was attached to a cross-bar joining two posts. These were what were called in Old French the 'gemelles' (twins), and in L. 'sorores' (sisters). ');">⁵</span>

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