| 单词 | mill dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmill dog mill dog n. (a) (probably) a dog used to turn a mill; (b) Canadian a kind of clamp for securing logs in a sawmill (in the United States called a sawmill dog). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > that turns mill or spit mill dog1402 turnspit1576 turnspit cur1603 turnspit dog1625 turnspit terrier1857 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 53 Thou, as blynde Bayarde, berkest at the mone as an olde mylne dog when he bygynnith to dote. 1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 27 At long intervals the mill-dog's howl. 1855 Sci. Amer. 6 Jan. 132/1 A perspective view of an improvement in saw mill dogs, for which a patent was granted to T. H. Russell, of Taftsville, Vt.] 1877 Lumberman's Gaz. 24 May Parties are attempting to introduce Mill Dogs which are infringements of mine. 1880 Lumberman's Gaz. 28 Jan. A. Rogers..is the inventor and owner of a mill dog. 1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 29 The miller's mill-dog lay at the mill-door, And his name was Little Bingo. < as lemmas |
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