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milldam

[ mil-dam ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

milldam

/ ˈmɪlˌdæm /

a dam built in a stream to raise the water level sufficiently for it to turn a millwheel

Origin of milldam¹

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; mill ¹, dam ¹

Say, Jack, isn't that the name of the man who took the old Grimes farm up at the milldam?

Night found the army encamped on the east bank of Pine creek, above the site of the old Brier milldam.

In this is the Milldam Fall, a ledge about fourteen feet high, over which the waters make a uniform flow all across the ravine.

For two hundred years the water has rippled over the sill on which once firmly set the gate to the old milldam.

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