FLUME (through an O. Fr. word glum, f...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V10,
Page 575
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:FLUME (through an O. Fr. word glum, from the See also:Lat. "lumen, a See also:river)
, a word formerly used for a stream, and parti, ularly for the tail of a See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill-See also:race
.
It is used in See also:America for a very narrow See also:gorge See also:running between precipitous rocks, with a stream
at the bottom, but more frequently is applied to an artificial channel of See also:wood or other material for the diversion of a stream of See also:water from a See also:river for purposes of See also:irrigation, for running a saw-mill, or for various processes in the See also:hydraulic method of See also:gold-See also:mining (see See also:AQUEDUCT)
.
End of Article: FLUME (through an O. Fr. word glum, from the Lat. "lumen, a river)
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