mill-tailn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlteɪl/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlˌteɪl/

Forms: see mill n.¹ and tail n.¹

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

Etymology: < mill n.¹ + tail n.¹

1. The water downstream from a mill which has passed through the mill-wheel; the channel in which water runs away after passing through a mill.

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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-tail

tail1533

mill-tail1569

tail-water1760

tail-race1776

flusha1825

millwash1861

tail-dam1903

1569 in Court Minutes Surrey & Kent Sewer Comm. (London County Council) (1909) 11 That they amende the wharfes on the easte & weste side of the banckes at the mille tayle.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Moulin He that hurts himselfe to helpe others, will dye of thirst at the Mill-tayle.

1667 Boston Rec. (1881) VII. 33 Will Whitwell hath liberty..to wharfe one the North side of the mille taile for landing wood.

1724 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. I. iii. 87 The Mill Tayl, or Floor for the Water below the Wheels is Wharft up on either Side with Stone.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 103 When the water in the mill-tail will not run off freely, but stands pent up in the wheel-race,..the wheel is said to be tailed.

1875 J. Croll Climate & Time vi. 113 This..water..would flow off in currents with almost mill-tail velocity.

1877 R. H. Roberts Harry Holbrooke of Holbrooke Hall x. 147 [He] tells me the mill-tail is full of fish!

1925 E. Blunden Eng. Poems 24 Master-fish by bridges In freshened milltails leaping.

1967 Appraisal Terminol. & Handbk. (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 5) 194 Tail race, a channel or flume through which the mill tail..flows.

2. Chiefly U.S. regional. In similative and figurative use, denoting rapid movement, furious activity, or violent, unstoppable force. Frequently in like the mill-tails of hell and variants (cf. like the clappers at clapper n.¹ 3a).

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty place > [noun]

fenc888

longayne1340

sloven's inn?1518

slut's corner1570

sink1590

Augean stable1596

spittle1624

spital1771

expectoratory1836

mill-tail1854

stable1903

pisshole1928

1805 J. Whitehouse Jrnl. 13 Oct. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1997) XI. 351 The River..ran as swift as Water from a Mill tail.]

1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Apr. 440/1 My blood is running like mill-tails through the swollen veins and the arteries throb almost to bursting.

1914 Dial. Notes 4 76 Mill tail o' thunder, like the, see ‘hell-bent an' crooked’ [in a swift, disorderly, excited manner].

1923 Dial. Notes 5 214 The creek's a-runnin' like the mill tails o' hell.

1935 H. L. Davis Honey in Horn vi. 62 On a grade like this, you could drag the wheels and still be goin' like the milltails of hell.

1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) ix. 171 If the priests were right..Busse, as a card-carrying Communist, was doomed to the foulest mill tails of hell.

1988 J. McPhee in Control of Nature (1989) 255 The water can go down there like the milltails of Hell.

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

单词	mill-tail
释义	mill-tailn. Brit. /ˈmɪlteɪl/, U.S. /ˈmɪlˌteɪl/ Forms: see mill n.¹ and tail n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mill n.¹, tail n.¹ Etymology: < mill n.¹ + tail n.¹ 1. The water downstream from a mill which has passed through the mill-wheel; the channel in which water runs away after passing through a mill. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-tail tail1533 mill-tail1569 tail-water1760 tail-race1776 flusha1825 millwash1861 tail-dam1903 1569 in Court Minutes Surrey & Kent Sewer Comm. (London County Council) (1909) 11 That they amende the wharfes on the easte & weste side of the banckes at the mille tayle. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Moulin He that hurts himselfe to helpe others, will dye of thirst at the Mill-tayle. 1667 Boston Rec. (1881) VII. 33 Will Whitwell hath liberty..to wharfe one the North side of the mille taile for landing wood. 1724 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. I. iii. 87 The Mill Tayl, or Floor for the Water below the Wheels is Wharft up on either Side with Stone. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 103 When the water in the mill-tail will not run off freely, but stands pent up in the wheel-race,..the wheel is said to be tailed. 1875 J. Croll Climate & Time vi. 113 This..water..would flow off in currents with almost mill-tail velocity. 1877 R. H. Roberts Harry Holbrooke of Holbrooke Hall x. 147 [He] tells me the mill-tail is full of fish! 1925 E. Blunden Eng. Poems 24 Master-fish by bridges In freshened milltails leaping. 1967 Appraisal Terminol. & Handbk. (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 5) 194 Tail race, a channel or flume through which the mill tail..flows. 2. Chiefly U.S. regional. In similative and figurative use, denoting rapid movement, furious activity, or violent, unstoppable force. Frequently in like the mill-tails of hell and variants (cf. like the clappers at clapper n.¹ 3a). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty place > [noun] fenc888 longayne1340 sloven's inn?1518 slut's corner1570 sink1590 Augean stable1596 spittle1624 spital1771 expectoratory1836 mill-tail1854 stable1903 pisshole1928 1805 J. Whitehouse Jrnl. 13 Oct. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1997) XI. 351 The River..ran as swift as Water from a Mill tail.] 1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Apr. 440/1 My blood is running like mill-tails through the swollen veins and the arteries throb almost to bursting. 1914 Dial. Notes 4 76 Mill tail o' thunder, like the, see ‘hell-bent an' crooked’ [in a swift, disorderly, excited manner]. 1923 Dial. Notes 5 214 The creek's a-runnin' like the mill tails o' hell. 1935 H. L. Davis Honey in Horn vi. 62 On a grade like this, you could drag the wheels and still be goin' like the milltails of hell. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) ix. 171 If the priests were right..Busse, as a card-carrying Communist, was doomed to the foulest mill tails of hell. 1988 J. McPhee in Control of Nature (1989) 255 The water can go down there like the milltails of Hell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1569
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