millwheel
Britishnoun
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I could see his mind working, stone-cold, grinding like a millwheel.
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He stopped; while my head turned round like a millwheel.
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I would have loved to see the millwheel turn again, as it did in the old days.
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He heard Granddaddy Bullfrog singing in the Duck Pond, and the splash of the millwheel as it turned slowly over and over.
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Then, hurrying through the gateway, The dashing waters found A mighty millwheel waiting, And turned it swiftly round.
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