millwheel
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I could see his mind working, stone-cold, grinding like a millwheel.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
The moon came out full and strong in temporary victory, and made black shadows behind the idle millwheel and open mill-race, and black shadows, black as death, under the bridge itself.
From The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers by Cholmondeley, Mary
It was a rambling structure, the great, splashing millwheel at the far end, the long warehouse in the middle, and the dwelling attached to the other end.
From Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret by Emerson, Alice B.
His forehead was wrinkled as with a great effort to remember something, but he could think of nothing but a huge millwheel turning under red, smooth waves.
From Selected Polish Tales by Busch, Marie
He heard Granddaddy Bullfrog singing in the Duck Pond, and the splash of the millwheel as it turned slowly over and over.
From Little Jack Rabbit's Adventures by Barbour, Harold S.
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