| 单词 | tail-dam |
| 释义 | > as lemmastail-dam Thesaurus » b. In south of Scotland, the stream of water from a weir or pond, which drives a mill; a mill-race; tail-dam, a tail-race. (The dam in sense 1 is a ‘cauld’.) tail-dam tail-dam n. Scottish the tail-race of 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 1903 J. Lumsden Toorle v. i. 100 His speech rusht out o' the mou' o' him like water out o' a tail dam. < as lemmas |
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