Lexicographical Neighbors of Milltail
Literary usage of Milltail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scottish Law Magazine, and Sheriff Court Reporter by Scotland Sheriff Courts (1863)
"26 19s 2d, as the price of 2 acres, Imperial measure, of potatoes, being the
portion of a field of potatoes on his farm of milltail, sold and delivered by ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"... and caught a small grayling, which he had pulled nearly out of the milltail
when a great trout ferociously rushed at and gobbled it, taking the point of ..."
3. Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America in 1796 & 1797 by Francis Baily, John Frederick William Herschel, Augustus De Morgan (1856)
"... and over which the water is driven with great impetuosity, causing it to ruffle
and roar like a milltail. which makes it dangerous for boats going down ..."
4. Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan Against by New York (State). Secretary's Office, Frederick Cook (1887)
"... and his hors By Riding after A man Down the Falls the Warter about up to our
arms and the Streem as Strong as at A milltail But With a Grate Deal of ..."
5. A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the by Harry Harewood (1835)
"In the latter part of the summer they are frequently caught in a milltail, and
sometimes under the hollow of a bank, and under the roots of a tree. ..."
6. Tweed and Don; Or, Recollections and Reflections of an Angler for the Last by James Locke (1860)
"I may mention, when fishing here, many a time and oft, at the end of the milltail
race, that during the time the foul water was sent down from the scouring ..."
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