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ˈmill-pool
[mill n.1]
A mill-pond.
c800in Birch Cartul. Sax. I. 418 In þone mylen pol of þam pole to þære port stræte. c883Ibid. II. 174 On myle pul of mylen pulle in afene stream. c1530–40J. Heywood Play of Wether 461 (Brandl) Our floodgate, our mylpoole, our water whele. 1604Breton Grimellos Fortunes D iv, This..man, drawing one daie a Mill-poole, among other fish, lighted on a verie great Eele. 1808Sporting Mag. XXX. 248 The mill-pool of Mr. Rodwell of East Harling, Norfolk. 1905Macm. Mag. Nov. 6 The chub are beginning to rise in the mill-pool. |