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  • noun Plural form of millwright.

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Examples

  • Those sons of Mr. Watson were of that special class of workmen called millwrights ” a class now almost extinct, though many of the best known engineers originally belonged to them.

    James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885

  • Yet, having at command a very skillful corps of millwrights, machinists, and millers, detailed principally from the Fourth Iowa and Thirty-sixth Illinois volunteer regiments, we soon got matters in shape, and were able to send such large quantities of flour and meal to the front, that only the bacon and small parts of the ration had to be brought forward from our depot at Rolla.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • There's a need for up to 30,000 trained welders, mechanics, pipefitters and millwrights and general construction workers.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • The millwrights were in charge of machinery, the sawyers decided how each log would be cut, and the filers kept the blades in perfect condition.

    Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009

  • There's a need for up to 30,000 trained welders, mechanics, pipefitters and millwrights and general construction workers.

    Building for the boom 2007

  • Maintenance requires skilled technicians or millwrights.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Daniel Little 2008

  • Maintenance requires skilled technicians or millwrights.

    Cooperatives within markets Daniel Little 2008

  • At Ford, Mr. Pearsall never watched his mouth around his fellow male millwrights.

    One Man's Switch 2008

  • It had been built by Lloyd and Ostell who were the leading millwrights of their day.

    Archive 2008-12-01 M 2008

  • It had been built by Lloyd and Ostell who were the leading millwrights of their day.

    Tide Mill Mystery M 2008

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