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Millwright

A person who designed, erected and built mills and milling machinery.

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  1. 1

    A person who designed, erected and built mills and milling machinery.

  2. 2

    A person engaged in the erection of machinery.

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millwrightingnounThe work of a millwright, designing and constructing mills.
millhandnounA worker in a mill.
millworksnounThe machinery and mechanisms of a mill.
watermillernounA miller who operates a watermill.
millworknounDoors, windows, and wood trim with decorative cross-section involving curves, beads, grooves, etc.
windmillernoun(rare) The miller who manages a windmill
wheelwrightnounA person who builds and repairs wheels, especially wooden spoked ones.
millwheelnounA water wheel used to power a watermill.
handmillnounA mill for grinding grain, pepper, coffee, etc. worked by hand as distinguished from those driven by steam, water, or other power.
millnounA grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
mill headnounThe head of water employed to turn a millwheel.
walkmillnounAlternative form of waulkmill. [A mill for waulking or fulling cloth.]
mill wheelnounAlternative form of millwheel. [A water wheel used to power a watermill.]
walkmillernounAlternative form of waulkmiller. [One who operates a waulkmill.]
waulkmillernounOne who operates a waulkmill.
millryndnounAlternative form of millrind. [An iron support, usually four-armed or cross-shaped, for the turning ("runner") stone in a pair of millstones.]
wheelernoun(in combination) A vehicle having the specified number or type of wheels.
smithwrightnounA blacksmith.
watermillnounA mill powered by water.
woodwrightnounA woodworker.

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