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millstream en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪlstɹiːm/ (UK)

Etymology

From mill + stream.

Meanings

1. The water that runs through a millrace to power a mill.
   • [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." 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 53:

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