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  • noun A mill (for whatever purpose) powered by water

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Examples

  • I guess moving your thermos elsewhere to the hills, and making a dam with a watermill is a cheaper approach.

    CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries Chiyo 2010

  • James Pyman has been commissioned to wrap the site's 18th-century watermill in a lifesize drawing of the mill as it stands today; in the gardens Heather and Ivan Morison have built The Black Cloud, half-sculpture and half-shelter; and in the main gallery a show by Irish artist Eva Rothschild to 9 Oct should remind us that there is tactile, evocative life yet in modernist sculpture.

    This week's new exhibitions 2011

  • Chouettes lived in the attic of our renovated watermill in La France profonde.

    chouette hibou 2008

  • The watermill model above has only 6 pages of parts which is good for those who want to save on ink.

    Architectural card models | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2007

  • The watermill model above has only 6 pages of parts which is good for those who want to save on ink.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Michael James 2007

  • Strutt & Parker Measuring roughly 3,500 square feet, the three-story home was converted from a watermill about three decades ago.

    Photos: Homes Near Music Festivals 2009

  • A roughly 3,500-square-foot home, converted from a watermill about three decades ago, with five bedrooms and three bathrooms on 29 acres.

    Gone Listening 2009

  • The watermill is one of the oldest examples of the use of hydropower.

    Renewable energy 2008

  • The car was then driven onto a flatbed truck, which was delicately backed up so the Cadillac could be driven at a glacial pace onto "Family Outing," the 75-foot float, which depicts a countryside setting complete with Tudor house, watermill, stream and two small boats.

    Tournament of Roses Parade float features rare 1925 Cadillac 2008

  • The car was then driven onto a flatbed truck, which was delicately backed up so the Cadillac could be driven at a glacial pace onto "Family Outing," the 75-foot float, which depicts a countryside setting complete with Tudor house, watermill, stream and two small boats.

    Tournament of Roses Parade float features rare 1925 Cadillac 2008

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