Windmill
['wɪn(d)mɪl] or ['wɪnd'mɪl]
Definition
(noun.) generator that extracts usable energy from winds.
(noun.) a mill that is powered by the wind.
Editor: Vanessa--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a windmill in operation in your dreams, foretells abundant accumulation of fortune and marked contentment To see one broken or idle, signifies adversity coming unawares.
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Examples
- Small elevated tanks, like those of the windmill, frequently have heavy iron bands around their lower portion as a protection against the extra strain. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In 1784, Mr. Bramah obtained a patent for a propeller similar in its forms to the vanes of a windmill, which by acting obliquely on the water as it revolved, pushed the boat forward. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Omitting the laboratory structures, it had only about seven houses, the best looking of which Edison lived in, a place that had a windmill pumping water into a reservoir. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As the wheel rotates, its motion is communicated to a mechanical device which makes use of it to raise and lower a plunger, and hence as long as the wind turns the windmill, water is raised. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- These are the only means possible; even the windmill does not eliminate the necessity for the pump, but merely replaces the energy used by man in working it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Shortly after securing his first swarm of bees he commenced the manufacture of beehives in the same room where he had his jewelry business, using a large windmill for power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One sees dotted over the country windmills large and small, and in Holland, the country of windmills, the landowner who does not possess a windmill is poor indeed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Look in the fire, as I like to hear you tell how you used to do when you lived in that dreary old house that had once been a windmill. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I think my flesh would be pretty tolerable strong, in such a case, said Phineas, stretching out a pair of arms like the sails of a windmill. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The invention of the windmill was a great boon to country folks because it eliminated from their always busy life one task in which labor and time were consumed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The windmill pumps water into the tank. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When once built, a windmill practically takes care of itself, except for oiling, and is an efficient and cheap domestic possession. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The windmill pumps water into the troughs where cattle drink. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If we have no concern or interest, the waving of the arms is as meaningless to us as the gyrations of the arms of a windmill. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The toy pin wheel is a miniature windmill. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The Dutch also had substituted cylinders armed with blades in place of stampers and used their windmills to run them. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- One sees dotted over the country windmills large and small, and in Holland, the country of windmills, the landowner who does not possess a windmill is poor indeed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In windmills, the sails are of wood or steel, instead of paper, but the principle is identical. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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