The nether or the upper millstone, used in their handmills; of which see Exo_11:5Num_11:8Jer_25:10. Under this one kind he understands all other things necessary to get a livelihood, the taking away whereof is against the laws both of charity and prudence, seeing by those things alone he can be enabled both to subsist and to pay his debts.
A man’s life, i.e. his livelihood, or the necessary supports of his life.