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Treadmill

A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Grinder 76% connected

One who, or that which, grinds.

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Mill 76% connected

A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

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Occupation 76% connected

The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use;…

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Treadwheel 92% connected

A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.

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study of the mechanics of fluids

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study of the mechanics of fluids

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material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

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steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)

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Axial adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mill, worked, persons, treading, upon.
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Axis noun · 78% connection

A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…

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Balance wheel unknown · 78% connection

A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a b…

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Barker's mill unknown · 78% connection

A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from aper…

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Breasting noun · 78% connection

The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circu…

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Breastwheel noun · 78% connection

A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but gene…

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Bucket noun · 78% connection

One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddl…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mill, worked, persons, treading, upon.
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Corbie gable noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mill, worked, persons, treading, upon.
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Counterbalance noun · 78% connection

A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the w…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mill, worked, persons, treading, upon.
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Crown wheel unknown · 78% connection

A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.

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Degraded adjective · 78% connection

Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also o…

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Feather noun · 78% connection

The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.

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