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Milldam   Listen
noun
Milldam  n.  A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel.






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"Milldam" Quotes from Famous Books



... be said of a mill-owner who should let his milldam wash away once or twice each year, and then rebuild it instead of keeping it in constant repair? The proprietors of the great turnpike road from Sacramento to Virginia City in California, which runs mainly over mountains a distance of one hundred and fifty miles, and has an annual traffic ...
— The Road and the Roadside • Burton Willis Potter



Words linked to "Milldam" :   dyke, dike, dam



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