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mill wheel

noun

  1. a wheel, especially a waterwheel, for driving a mill.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mill wheel1

before 1000; Middle English myln whele, Old English ԳŧDZ. See mill 1, wheel
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The canal’s water power, channeled through a mill wheel, drives a gigantic hammer inside the building punching down on the anvil.

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Work is well-organized energy usable for a purpose, like turning a mill wheel.

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The net effect is to enhance the diversity and abundance of pests, thus driving the pesticide mill wheel.

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It never rains till oil has been poured over the troubled mill wheel’s cogs.

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In Act III, during Samson’s scene of captivity — shorn of his hair, blinded and turning a mill wheel — the character’s spirit is utterly broken.

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