(a) a conduit carrying the water to a mill-wheel; †(b) a corn-bin (obsolete).

Probably: a place where an outflow occurs, spec. a mill-race. Obsolete. rare.

= mill-leat, n.

= mill-race, n. (now chiefly in place names: see quot. 1999).

The swift current of water that drives a mill-wheel; a channel in which water runs to a watermill. Also figurative.

An artificial watercourse leading to a mill; = mill-leat, n. Cf. earlier mill-lead n. at mill, n.1 compounds 2.

An artificial channel for the conveyance of water to a mill.

Originally Scottish. An artificial channel for conveying water to or from a mill; = mill-leat, n. Cf. lead, n.2 3a. Obsolete.

= mill-race, n. Obsolete.

North American. An artificial channel for conveying water to a mill. Cf. waterlead, n. 1. Obsolete.

? A mill-race in which sheep are washed. Obsolete.

An overshot mill, wheel, or other machine. Also: a stream of water used to drive an overshot wheel. Obsolete.

The (typically artificial) channel that brings water to a mill wheel or turbine. Cf. tail-race, n. a.

= mill-race, n.

A channel constructed for leading water to a mill-wheel; a mill-race. (Often in combination mill-lade.) Chiefly Scottish.

the part of a mill-race in which the mill-wheel is fixed.

= mill-leat, n.

In south of Scotland, the stream of water from a weir or pond, which drives a mill; a mill-race; tail-dam, a tail-race. (The dam in sense 1 is a…