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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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  1. 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.
  2. n. a mill that is powered by the wind
  3. n. generator that extracts usable energy from winds
  4. 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. Chaucer.
  5. A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the actionof the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from ahorizontal shaft. Chaucer.
  6. n:100 n. a mill that is powered by the wind n. generator that extracts usable energy from winds