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tide mill

noun

a mill operated by the tidal movement of water.

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Origin of tide mill

First recorded in 1630–40

Words nearby tide mill

tide in the affairs of men, There is a, tideland, tideline, tide lock, tidemark, tide mill, tide over, tide pool, tide race, tiderip, tides
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Example sentences from the Web for tide mill

  • There are many drawbacks to a tide-mill of this description.

    Time and Tide|Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball

  • She was moored three quarters of a mile to the eastward of Brooklyn ferry, near a tide-mill on the Long Island shore.

    American Prisoners of the Revolution|Danske Dandridge