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ˈmillwright
[f. mill n.1 + wright.]
An engineer or mechanic whose occupation it is to design or set up mills or mill machinery.
1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 197 The same day, I payd to Bochen the mylle wryte vj.s. viij.d. 1562–3Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §23 Tharte or Occupation of a Smithe..Myll-wright, Carpenter [etc.]. 1650B. Discolliminium 14 A French Millwright who was an exquisite workman. 1702Savery Miner's Friend 28 According to the different Genius and Abilities of the Mill-right. 1866C. W. Hatfield Hist. Notices Doncaster I. 203 Experiments..were made by a mill-wright.
attrib.1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 35, I have frequently been at a loss, in walking through several of the millwright factories, to know whether the polished shafts..were at rest or in motion.
Hence ˈmillwrighting vbl. n., the labour or trade of a millwright; also as ppl. a.
1821A. Constable Let. 25 June in J. Constable Correspondence (1962) I. 200 Several millwrighting jobs coming in [so] that I cannot keep my money in my pocket. 18..Engineering LXVII. 63 (Cent.) Engineering and millwrighting, though synonymous, are often two distinct branches in a shop. 1949K. S. Woods Rural Crafts Eng. ii. iv. 76 Where local smiths have lost the art the bills are sent away to millwrighting firms. |