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单词 wash-mill
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wash-milln.

Brit. /ˈwɒʃmɪl/, U.S. /ˈwɔʃˌmɪl/, /ˈwɑʃˌmɪl/
Etymology: < wash v.
1. ? A mill-race in which sheep are washed. Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-race
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a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 317 Being..to wash our sheep on the morrow, I asked my shepherd, what time in the morning he would drive them to the wash-mills.
2. Brickmaking, etc. A machine for washing clay or materials for cement.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > brick-making equipment > [noun] > for washing clay
wash-mill1856
1856 Builder 16 Aug. 443/3 The principal machines which have been worked for this purpose [sc. brickmaking] are three—1st. The pug-mill. 2nd. The wash-mill. 3rd. The rolling-mill.
1879 Spons' Dict. Engin. Suppl. I. 332 These [sc. limestone and clay] are mixed in what are known as wash mills.
3. Leather Manufacturing. A machine for washing skins after unhairing by the application of lime.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > for washing hides
pin mill1837
paddle-tumbler1883
paddle wheel1883
wash-mill1897
paddle-vat1902
1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 377 From the unhairing room the skins pass to the ‘wash-mill’, where they receive a thorough washing, removing all adhering lime.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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