millwheel

British  

/ ˈmɪlˌwiːl /

noun

1. a wheel, esp a waterwheel, that drives a mill

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millwheel

I could see his mind working, stone-cold, grinding like a millwheel.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

I would have loved to see the millwheel turn again, as it did in the old days.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

We even mistake a measure of noise—like a continuous millwheel or a river, say—for silence, when in reality there is no such thing as perfect silence.

From The Human Chord by Algernon Blackwood

Spellbound, Jane Withersteen watched this stupendous millwheel of steers.

From Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey

Then, hurrying through the gateway, The dashing waters found A mighty millwheel waiting, And turned it swiftly round.

From Finger plays for nursery and kindergarten by L. J. (Lewis Jesse) Bridgman

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