Word Meanings - WINDMILL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Operated
  of Operate
• Radiately
  In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a center.
• SHAFTMANSHAFTMENT
  A measure of about six inches. [Obs.]
• Operating
  of Operate
• Radiate-veined
  Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant.
• WHICHEVERWHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Actionable
  That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.
• Operatic
  Alt. of Operatical
• Actionably
  In an actionable manner.
• Operatical
  Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic of, or resembling, the opera.
• Shafting
  Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
• Actionary
  Alt. of Actionist
• Operation
  The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
• Shaftman
  Alt. of Shaftment
• Actionist
  A shareholder in joint-stock company.
• Operative
  Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.

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