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单词 plash-mill
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plash-milln.

Brit. /ˈplaʃmɪl/, U.S. /ˈplæʃˌmɪl/, Scottish English /ˈplaʃmɪl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plash v.2, mill n.1
Etymology: < plash v.2 + mill n.1
Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now rare.
A fulling-mill.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > fulling > mill
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1795 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. at Plash A plash or waulk-mill for washing yarn.
1845 Stat. Acc. 2 IX. 385 There is also a lint-mill for scutching flax, a plash-mill for washing yarn, and a spinning-mill for spinning tow.
1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer I. 240 The plash-mill, or, more properly, wauk-mill—a word Robert derived from the resemblance of the mallets to two huge feet, and of their motion to walking—with the water plashing and squirting from the blows of their heels.
1946 F. Bellerby (title) Plash mill.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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