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Definition of Millrace
1. Noun. A channel for the water current that turns a millwheel.
Definition of Millrace
1. Noun. (alternative form of mill race) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Millrace
1. the current of water that drives a mill wheel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Millrace
Literary usage of Millrace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of Irrigation Investigations in California by Elwood Mead, William Ellsworth Smythe (1901)
"The millrace Canal was constructed in 1882. It really consists of two independent
... The capacity of the south millrace is about 15 cubic feet per second, ..."
2. The Rittenhouse Mill and the Beginnings of Papermaking in America by James Green (1990)
"This rebuilt mill of 1701 was one of the two mills on another Lehman survey made
in 1764; it shows an "upper mill" and a "lower mill" alongside a millrace ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"The northerly side of the millrace was more than 100 feet from Madison street.
The land In question was the strip between ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"millrace tA and across the Republican river, located at the point hereinbefore
described, for about fifteen (15) years last past, during all of which time ..."
5. The Penal Code of California: Enacted in 1872, as Amended Up to and by California, James Henry Deering (1897)
"Any person, or persons, corporation or corporations, owning, in whole or in part,
or leasing, operating, or having in charge, any millrace. irrigating-ditch ..."
6. The Penal Code of California: Enacted in 1872, as Amended in 1889 by California, Robert Desty (1881)
"Any person, or persons, corporation or corporations, owning, in whole or in part,
or leasing, operating, or having in charge, any millrace, irrigating-ditch ..."
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