milliern.
/ˈmɪljə/, U.S. /ˈmɪljər/ English regional (Cornwall).
An iron pivot on which a gate or a frame for washing ore turns.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > pin or peg > on which anything turns
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1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 227 At the middle of the two ends are fixed two round projecting irons called Melliers, by which the frame hangs and turns as it were on an axis.
1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall Mellier.
1895 J. Thomas Randigal Rhymes 6 The hang-bow and millyer was all that was left of the gate.
1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 114/1 Milliar, millier.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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