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Definition of Mill pond

Mill pond
Mill Mill, n. [OE. mille, melle, mulle, milne, AS. myln, mylen; akin to D. molen, G. m["u]hle, OHG. mul[=i], mul[=i]n, Icel. mylna; all prob. from L. molina, fr. mola millstone; prop., that which grinds, akin to molere to grind, Goth. malan, G. mahlen, and to E. meal. [root]108. See Meal flour, and cf. Moline.] 1. A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill. 2. A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; as, a cider mill; a cane mill. 3. A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill. 4. A common name for various machines which produce a manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the continuous repetition of some simple action; as, a sawmill; a stamping mill, etc. 5. A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as, a cotton mill; a powder mill; a rolling mill. 6. (Die Sinking) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper. 7. (Mining) (a) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. (b) A passage underground through which ore is shot. 8. A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling. 9. A pugilistic. [Cant] --R. D. Blackmore. Edge mill, Flint mill, etc. See under Edge, Flint, etc. Mill bar (Iron Works), a rough bar rolled or drawn directly from a bloom or puddle bar for conversion into merchant iron in the mill. Mill cinder, slag from a puddling furnace. Mill head, the head of water employed to turn the wheel of a mill. Mill pick, a pick for dressing millstones. Mill pond, a pond that supplies the water for a mill. Mill race, the canal in which water is conveyed to a mill wheel, or the current of water which drives the wheel. Mill tail, the water which flows from a mill wheel after turning it, or the channel in which the water flows. Mill tooth, a grinder or molar tooth. Mill wheel, the water wheel that drives the machinery of a mill. Roller mill, a mill in which flour or meal is made by crushing grain between rollers. Stamp mill (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed by stamps. To go through the mill, to experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.

Meaning of Mill pond from wikipedia

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- "The Nixie of the Mill-Pond" (German: Die Nixe im Teich) is a German fairy tale that tells the story of a man captured by a nix (water spirit) and his...
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- Major Mackenzie Drive), as far east as Church Street and slightly west of Mill Pond (excluding Lot 46 where it ended just north of Arnold Crescent or eastern...
- A mill pond is any body of water used as a reservoir for a water-powered mill. Mill Pond may also refer to: Mill Pond (Barnstable, M****achusetts), source...
- Teddington Lock. In 1683 Ifield Water Mill, a corn mill, was built in the north of the pond; it used water from the mill pond to turn its water wheel. It was...
- village of Amherst. The mill pond was created by a dam on the Tomorrow River and was once used for power to the local feed mil. The pond has a maximum depth...
- The Mill Pond is a double-EP album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released in 1997. The release is a notable entry in Fahey's...
- broad waters of a mill pond, the narrow current is swift and powerful. The race leading to the water wheel on a wide stream or mill pond is called the head...
- meaning a confining enclosure. In earlier times, ponds were artificial and utilitarian, as stew ponds, mill ponds and so on. The significance of this feature...