millpondn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlpɒnd/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlˌpɑnd/

Forms: see mill n.¹ and pond n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mill n.¹, pond n.

Etymology: < mill n.¹ + pond n.

A. n.

a. A pool of water retained by a mill-dam for driving a watermill; (North American) a pond adjoining a sawmill in which logs to be milled are kept. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water

weirc897

dama1340

millpond1371

pound1535

pent1587

water-shut1613

tumbling-bay1724

backwater1788

pen pond1904

1371 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 87 (MED) Milneponde.

c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 49 Þe brigge þe which streecheth ouer the streme rennyng more nyȝhe þe Mille ponde.

1548 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) III. 464 We a gre & doo presente hughe Webe for encrotchynge of a hege & a dytche on ye comyn In Wydmarshe from ye myll pounde to hys house a peyne for to amend hit before the fest of Candelmas under xx^s.

1647 in Suffolk Deeds (Suffolk County, Mass.) (1880) I. 70 Land bounded betweene the high way to Braintre Common, the Mill pond & the Common.

1722 H. Carey Hanging & Marriage 9 To toss you i'th' Mill-Pond.

1791 H. B. Dudley Woodman i. iv. 15 My brother Bob..has soused over head and ears, for you, into the mill-pond of affection.

1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. ii. 27 He has of late embarked upon the mill-pond of county affairs.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Pounded A mill-pound is the backwater which is held in reserve for the supply of the mill.

1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 51 The farmer's fields contributed the material that lies in the bottom of the mill-pond.

1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 42 Mill pond, the pond near a sawmill in which logs to be sawn are held.

1963 Brit. Columbia Digest Nov.–Dec. 34/3 Logs came to the mill pond by a 19-mile log flume.

1997 Oxoniensia 61 275 The discovery of large backfilled features immediately to the north and east of the mill may suggest the location of the mill pond.

1999 Mail on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 30 May The relationship was by no means a placid millpond.

b. In similative use, as the type of stillness of a stretch of water; esp. in as smooth (also calm) as a millpond.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] > which drives mill

mill-troughOE

mill-poolOE

mill stankc1430

miller-pita1500

millpond1697

hammer-pond1887

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 217 It was quite calm, and the Sea as smooth as a Mill-pond.

1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy I. xix. 301 In the month of November, when the Mediterranean is always calm and smooth as a mill-pond.

1878 Scribner's Monthly Nov. in F. G. Holland Scribner's Monthly 1878–9 (1879) 85/2 A sea like a mill-pond, scarcely a cat's-paw on the surface.

1933 A. Huxley Let. 24 May (1969) 370 Sea like a millpond, and the cabin..palatial.

1952 C. MacKenzie Rival Monster xvi. 202 Yes, I daresay the Minch and the Atlantic are both as smooth as a mill pond at present.

1991 B. Anderson Girls High (1992) vii. 72 Molly..was violently seasick as they crossed on the Lyttleton Ferry even though it was as calm as a millpond.

†2. humorous. [Anticipated, and perhaps originally suggested by, the use in quots. 1813¹.] The Atlantic Ocean, esp. as separating Britain and North America. Cf. herring-pond n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Atlantic Ocean

Atlantica1387

Western Ocean1576

pond1612

Great Lake1684

mid-Atlantic1804

millpond1813

Middle Atlantic1826

puddle1869

whale-poola1876

1813 ‘H. Bull-Us’ Diverting Hist. John Bull & Brother Jonathan (ed. 2) i. 5 He put himself in a boat, and paddled over the mill-pond to some new lands.

1813 ‘H. Bull-Us’ Diverting Hist. John Bull & Brother Jonathan (ed. 2) ii. 12 The tenants began to carry their grain to different parts of the great mill-pond.

1885 G. Allen Babylon I. xi. 225 And now, while Minna Wroe was waiting at table in Regent's Park,..how was our other friend Hiram Winthrop employing his time beyond the millpond?

B. adj. (attributive).

1. Of a millpond.

ΚΠ

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Douce 170) (1888) 22 When hee by th' mill-pond syde, love did make To Merlins false love.

1706 J. Evelyn Silva (ed. 4) iii. iv. 249 Lay therefore your boards a fortnight in the water, (if running, the better, as at some mill-pond head).

1843 Zoologist 1 100 By ditch-sides and mill-pond streams.

1928 F. C. Mason This Unchanging Mask (title) Mill pond fisherman.

1996 Eng. Nature May 10/3 On a choppy day at sea, there is a millpond effect behind the sediment bank.

2. Of a stretch of water: remarkably calm. Cf. sense A. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [adjective]

millpond1872

pondy1922

1872 R. Browning Fifine v What lolls full in front, a furlong from the booth, But ocean-idleness, sky-blue and millpond-smooth?

1946 Life 3 June 99 (caption) Her reflection wavering on mill-pond calm water, the Nantucket Lightship rides anchor in 30 fathoms near dreaded quicksand shallows.

1953 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 24 342/1 It is not that the administrator expects his official life to partake of a millpond calm.

1998 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 10 Jan. The dawn mist rolling off a millpond Adriatic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	millpond
释义	millpondn.adj. Brit. /ˈmɪlpɒnd/, U.S. /ˈmɪlˌpɑnd/ Forms: see mill n.¹ and pond n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mill n.¹, pond n. Etymology: < mill n.¹ + pond n. A. n. 1. a. A pool of water retained by a mill-dam for driving a watermill; (North American) a pond adjoining a sawmill in which logs to be milled are kept. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water weirc897 dama1340 millpond1371 pound1535 pent1587 water-shut1613 tumbling-bay1724 backwater1788 pen pond1904 1371 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 87 (MED) Milneponde. c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 49 Þe brigge þe which streecheth ouer the streme rennyng more nyȝhe þe Mille ponde. 1548 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) III. 464 We a gre & doo presente hughe Webe for encrotchynge of a hege & a dytche on ye comyn In Wydmarshe from ye myll pounde to hys house a peyne for to amend hit before the fest of Candelmas under xx^s. 1647 in Suffolk Deeds (Suffolk County, Mass.) (1880) I. 70 Land bounded betweene the high way to Braintre Common, the Mill pond & the Common. 1722 H. Carey Hanging & Marriage 9 To toss you i'th' Mill-Pond. 1791 H. B. Dudley Woodman i. iv. 15 My brother Bob..has soused over head and ears, for you, into the mill-pond of affection. 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. ii. 27 He has of late embarked upon the mill-pond of county affairs. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Pounded A mill-pound is the backwater which is held in reserve for the supply of the mill. 1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 51 The farmer's fields contributed the material that lies in the bottom of the mill-pond. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 42 Mill pond, the pond near a sawmill in which logs to be sawn are held. 1963 Brit. Columbia Digest Nov.–Dec. 34/3 Logs came to the mill pond by a 19-mile log flume. 1997 Oxoniensia 61 275 The discovery of large backfilled features immediately to the north and east of the mill may suggest the location of the mill pond. 1999 Mail on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 30 May The relationship was by no means a placid millpond. b. In similative use, as the type of stillness of a stretch of water; esp. in as smooth (also calm) as a millpond. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] > which drives mill mill-troughOE mill-poolOE mill stankc1430 miller-pita1500 millpond1697 hammer-pond1887 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 217 It was quite calm, and the Sea as smooth as a Mill-pond. 1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy I. xix. 301 In the month of November, when the Mediterranean is always calm and smooth as a mill-pond. 1878 Scribner's Monthly Nov. in F. G. Holland Scribner's Monthly 1878–9 (1879) 85/2 A sea like a mill-pond, scarcely a cat's-paw on the surface. 1933 A. Huxley Let. 24 May (1969) 370 Sea like a millpond, and the cabin..palatial. 1952 C. MacKenzie Rival Monster xvi. 202 Yes, I daresay the Minch and the Atlantic are both as smooth as a mill pond at present. 1991 B. Anderson Girls High (1992) vii. 72 Molly..was violently seasick as they crossed on the Lyttleton Ferry even though it was as calm as a millpond. †2. humorous. [Anticipated, and perhaps originally suggested by, the use in quots. 1813¹.] The Atlantic Ocean, esp. as separating Britain and North America. Cf. herring-pond n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Atlantic Ocean Atlantica1387 Western Ocean1576 pond1612 Great Lake1684 mid-Atlantic1804 millpond1813 Middle Atlantic1826 puddle1869 whale-poola1876 1813 ‘H. Bull-Us’ Diverting Hist. John Bull & Brother Jonathan (ed. 2) i. 5 He put himself in a boat, and paddled over the mill-pond to some new lands. 1813 ‘H. Bull-Us’ Diverting Hist. John Bull & Brother Jonathan (ed. 2) ii. 12 The tenants began to carry their grain to different parts of the great mill-pond. 1885 G. Allen Babylon I. xi. 225 And now, while Minna Wroe was waiting at table in Regent's Park,..how was our other friend Hiram Winthrop employing his time beyond the millpond? B. adj. (attributive). 1. Of a millpond. ΚΠ 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Douce 170) (1888) 22 When hee by th' mill-pond syde, love did make To Merlins false love. 1706 J. Evelyn Silva (ed. 4) iii. iv. 249 Lay therefore your boards a fortnight in the water, (if running, the better, as at some mill-pond head). 1843 Zoologist 1 100 By ditch-sides and mill-pond streams. 1928 F. C. Mason This Unchanging Mask (title) Mill pond fisherman. 1996 Eng. Nature May 10/3 On a choppy day at sea, there is a millpond effect behind the sediment bank. 2. Of a stretch of water: remarkably calm. Cf. sense A. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [adjective] millpond1872 pondy1922 1872 R. Browning Fifine v What lolls full in front, a furlong from the booth, But ocean-idleness, sky-blue and millpond-smooth? 1946 Life 3 June 99 (caption) Her reflection wavering on mill-pond calm water, the Nantucket Lightship rides anchor in 30 fathoms near dreaded quicksand shallows. 1953 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 24 342/1 It is not that the administrator expects his official life to partake of a millpond calm. 1998 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 10 Jan. The dawn mist rolling off a millpond Adriatic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1371
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