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  • On Blood River the logs floated steadily millward, the bateau followed the drive, and the men of the logs passed noisily out of the North.

    The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest 1921

  • Amy tossed him a kiss and turned millward, while he ascended the hill road.

    Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Evelyn Raymond 1876

  • "Considerable more snap than wisdom, I fancy," laughed she, and sped down the hill to join Gwendolyn for her walk millward.

    Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Evelyn Raymond 1876

  • Men in red skullcaps were sifting it as they caught it in large asses'-skin sieves, and loading it upon carts which took their millward way, followed by a regiment of women and youngsters with wisps and gleaning baskets.

    Tartarin of Tarascon Alphonse Daudet 1868

  • By the time the mill-hand has reached his home a good fifteen minutes out of the three-quarters of an hour recreation is gone: his food is quickly bolted, and by the time I have reached the little brick hotel pointed out to me that morning and descended to its cellar restaurant, forced myself to drink a cup of sassafras tea, and mounted again into the air, the troop of workers is on the march millward.

    The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls John Van Vorst 1900

  • It's not you that's wanting new shoes, and if Fayette is going millward, I am going too. "

    Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Evelyn Raymond 1876

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