Mills
[milz]
Definition
(noun.) United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855).
Editor: Moore--From WordNet
Examples
- Miss Mills had a wonderful flow of words, and liked to pour them out. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In mining there are stamp mills, ore crushers, separators, concentrators, and amalgamators. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I didn't think you would; and I want, more than ever, to be liked, now Julia Mills is gone. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I replied, 'I, Miss Mills! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I said to Miss Mills that this was very true, and who should know it better than I, who loved Dora with a love that never mortal had experienced yet? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And, I'll tell him ye won't let the women come to the mills, yo old nigger! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I entreated Miss Mills to see me, that evening. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Millers were detailed from the ranks to run the mills along the line of the army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My headquarters were still at Dabney's saw-mills. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Miss Mills was at home. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And where was Julia Mills! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I am free to confess that if it could be done, it might be well, but--' And Miss Mills shook her head. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- All mills and factories along the lines of march of his troops were destroyed also. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The completed inventions of Arkwright and others, combined with Watt's steam engine, revolutionised trade, and resulted in the establishment of mills and factories. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Somewhere about this time John Mills of the Guards insisted on falling in love with me, merely to prove himself a fashionable man. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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