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单词 molendinary
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molendinaryadj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin molendinarius.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin molendinarius (see molendinarious adj.); compare -ary suffix1. Compare molendinar adj. and n.
Obsolete. rare.
A. adj.
Of, belonging to, or relating to a mill.
ΚΠ
1820 W. Scott Monastery III. iv. 89 The house of thy molendinary father.
1877 W. Alexander Rural Life 151 A curious commentary on the utterly obsolete character of the old molendinary system is found in the case of the mills belonging to the burgh of Aberdeen.
B. n.
A mill.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun]
millc1425
millwork1799
molendinary1821
1821 W. Scott Pirate I. xi. 264 Can a man..look at that thing there, which they have the impudence to call a corn-mill, without trembling to think that corn should be entrusted to such a miserable molendinary?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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