| 单词 | millstream |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmillstream millstream n. a mill-race (see also quot. 1975); also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill stream millstreama1170 a1170 (?OE) Bounds (Sawyer 1208) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Abingdon Abbey, Pt. 1 (2001) 116 Of hlippen ham in to þam mylestreame [a1225 milestreame], of þam mylestreame innan þa norð lange dic. 1658 Lease in Notes & Queries 14 Mar. 212/2 4 Putt Gallaries, or shedds, built over the mill stream. 1794 S. T. Coleridge Parl. Oscillators 33 Both plunged together in the deep mill-stream. 1815 D. Drake Nat. & Statist. View Cincinnati i. 58 In summer and autumn, it [sc. Licking River] is a moderate mill-stream. 1885 Cent. Mag. May 130/2 A small mill-stream, forty or fifty feet wide, with swampy lowland bordering on either side. 1975 J. B. Harley Ordnance Survey Maps iii. 44 In Ordnance Survey usage the term ‘mill race’ is given to the water leading to a mill, and ‘mill stream’ to the water leaving it. 1997 Oxoniensia 61 294 This type of mill [sc. a straddle mill] literally straddles the mill stream, with the water flowing through two arches underneath the mill. < as lemmas |
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