The lower or hinder extremity of anything; the part opposite to what is regarded as the head. The part of a mill-race below the wheel; the…
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-tail (7) tail1533 The lower or hinder extremity of anything; the part opposite to what is regarded as the head. The part of a mill-race below the wheel; the… mill-tail1569 The water downstream from a mill which has passed through the mill-wheel; the channel in which water runs away after passing through a mill. tail-water1760 the water in a mill-race below the wheel, or in a canal or navigable channel below a lock. tail-race1776 The part of a mill-race below the wheel, the tail-water; = tail, n.1 4f. flusha1825 The stream from a mill-wheel. millwash1861 (probably) = mill-tail, n. tail-dam1903 the tail-race of a mill. |
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