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Definition of Millstreams
1. millstream [n] - See also: millstream
Lexicographical Neighbors of Millstreams
Literary usage of Millstreams
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selections and Essays by John Ruskin (1918)
"... and inlaid the threads' with turquoise enamel; there were strips of stream
that had certainly above the lake been millstreams, and were looking busily ..."
2. A Narrative of the Visit to the American Churches by the Deputation from the by Andrew Reed (1835)
"A thousand millstreams are made available on the same principle. The Penitentiary
is really admirable. I can confirm what has generally been said of it. ..."
3. The Heart of Oak Books by Kate Stephens (1895)
"... there were strips of stream that had certainly above the lake been millstreams,
and were looking busily for mills to turn again; there were shoots of ..."
4. The Great Valleys and Prairies of Nebraska and the Northwest by Charles Dana Wilber (1881)
"In the larger sub valleys these springs unite and form powerful millstreams,
whose unvarying flow, during all seasons of the year, not only proves their ..."
5. A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy: Being a Guide for the Provinces by John Murray (Firm) (1868)
"... and several millstreams are passed before we enter 10 m. BENF.VESTO. ROUTE 147.
NAPLES TO FOGGIA,' BY (HAIL). Naples to Casarla . ..."
6. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"... the retreat from the fierce heat of the sun, the piles of locks and sluice-gates,
and the back-water of millstreams, are all favourite perch haunts. ..."
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