millstream

See also: mill stream

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Etymology

From mill +‎ stream.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪlstɹiːm/

Noun

millstream (plural millstreams)

  1. The water that runs through a millrace to power a mill.
    • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 53:
      [W]hile he was away Hinzelmann began suddenly to clapper in the ladies' chamber like a stork, and then said, "Maid Anne, you much go look for your things to-day in the mill-stream."

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