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knocking mill

knocking mill noun: a type of mill powered by running water that repeatedly applies a heavy hammer to grain, ore, etc.

Noun

knocking mill (plural knocking mills)

  1. A type of mill powered by running water that repeatedly applies a heavy hammer to grain, ore, etc.
    • Up he started - the wind arose - the corn was chopped - the outlyers were foddered - the hand-mill moved around, as by instinct - and the knocking-mill did its work with amazing rapidity.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 167

Forms of knocking mill

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Questions about knocking mill

What does knocking mill mean?
Knocking mill means a type of mill powered by running water that repeatedly applies a heavy hammer to grain, ore, etc.
What part of speech is knocking mill?
Knocking mill is a noun.
What is the plural of knocking mill?
The plural of knocking mill is knocking mills.

Words near knocking mill in the dictionary

  1. knocking into a cocked hat
  2. knocking into shape
  3. knocking it off
  4. knocking it out of the ballpark
  5. knocking it out of the park
  6. knocking mill
  7. knocking mills
  8. knocking off
  9. knocking off someone's block
  10. knocking on
  11. knocking on heaven's door

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