单词 | mill-pool |
释义 | mill-pooln. A millpond. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] > which drives mill mill-troughOE mill-poolOE mill stankc1430 miller-pita1500 millpond1697 hammer-pond1887 OE Bounds (Sawyer 1556) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1887) I. 418 Ofer huniburnan in þa oþre ealdan dic & swa in þone mylen pol of þam pole to þære port stræte. 1472–5 Rolls of Parl. VI. 159/1 Mille pooles, Lokkes, Hebbyng weeres. 1533 J. Heywood Play of Wether sig. Biiii Our floodgate our mylpooll our water whele. 1604 N. Breton Grimellos Fortunes D iv This..man, drawing one daie a Mill-poole, among other fish, lighted on a verie great Eele. 1792 Act 32 Geo. III c. 94 §4 Any other Engine..placed in the said River Nith..or in any Miln Pool, Miln head, Sluice or Cut, which communicates with the said River. 1808 Sporting Mag. 30 248 The mill-pool of Mr. Rodwell of East Harling, Norfolk. 1876 Appletons' Jrnl. 8 Jan. 43/1 He followed Louise round to the other side of the house, where the stones had been cleared so as to make room for the mill-pool. 1905 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 6 The chub are beginning to rise in the mill-pool. 1956 R. Sutcliff Shield Ring iii. 30 It was swept into the mill-pool and on toward the glassy rush of the leat. 1996 Church Times 23 Aug. 8/5 As the mill pool is just below us, it might be useful to create our own do-it-yourself Archimedes screw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
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