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2009
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wind·mill
/ ˈwindˌmil/
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n.
a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind grain into flour.
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a similar structure used to generate electricity or draw water.
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a propeller, esp. one used formerly on an autogiro.
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v. [tr.]
move (one's arms) around in a circle in a manner suggestive of the rotating sails or vanes of a windmill.
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(of one's arms) move in such a way.
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[intr.]
(of the propeller or rotor of an aircraft, or the aircraft itself) spin unpowered.
PHRASES:
tilt at windmillssee tilt.
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 "Courier-News (Elgin, IL)")
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Windmills energize Batavia history buff
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 10/13/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...A history buff, Popeck collects old windmills and windmill paraphernalia. BATAVIA -- Windmills play an important part in Batavia...house, where his collection of old windmills and windmill paraphernalia makes his residence look...
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Windmills of La Mancha.(IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DON QUIXOTE)
Magazine article from: PSA Journal; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...classical lines of old windmills in Andalusia. Many windmill sites in La Mancha...magic number of seven windmills from a spot just behind the castle. A windmill trio was shot from...approach road. These windmills are beautifully restored...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Windmills recall bygone era What once were farm essentials are now restored as collectibles.(Neighbor)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 8/6/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...said, "I've got two windmills now; one just wasn...the farm's original windmill, a 1933 Aermotor on...the Elgin Pump and Windmill Company - which later became the Elgin Windmill Company. Early windmills, such as those purchased...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Windmills fires Smith, cuts jobs; 5 stores closed: Company won't open 6th Wisconsin store
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 5/17/2002; ; 700+ words
; Greg Smith is gone and much of Windmills of America with him, according to several...liability company, was fired Thursday and Windmills management closed five of its convenience...Breitsprecker, store manager for the Windmills convenience store in Lancaster, Wis...
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 "Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL)")
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Windmills' 14s travel to regional tournament
Newspaper article from: Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL); 7/23/1997; ; 700+ words
; Life on the road. The Oak Park Windmills 14-year-old softball team is going...suitcase for the next couple of weeks. The Windmills start their road journey this weekend...Illinois, it would be pretty tough." The Windmills leave Cincinnati for Tennessee and the...
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Windmills fixed the floods! How would Dutch farmers move water from their fields?
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...are trying to save the old windmills. Many are kept in working...modern pumps fail, the old windmills could be used again. Windmills remain an important part of...off the North Sea turned the windmill's huge blades. (2) The...
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Windmill sponsorship helping event.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 7/6/2002; ; 699 words
; ...tall, handcrafted windmills for $225 and put...display during the Windmill City Festival being...fact, is an old windmill plant. Batavia...constructed the basic windmills that are being decorated...and equipped the windmill with a tube and...About half the 40 windmills the chamber ...
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Windmills Red 16s earn state softball crown
Newspaper article from: Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL); 6/28/2000; 700+ words
; The Oak Park Windmills Red 16-and-under softball team captured...The title secured a berth for the Windmills in the NSA Tournament, set to be played...week of July in Columbus, Ohio. The Windmills wrapped up the title on June 18 with...
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Windmill International, Inc. Announces Retirement of Rick Manganello and Appointment of Edwin K. Smith as New CEO.
PR Newswire; 9/16/2009; 700+ words
; ...H., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Windmill International, Inc. announced today...that Edwin K. Smith has been appointed Windmill's new CEO, effective September 15...Chairman of the Board of Directors for Windmill, founded the company in 1988 in order...
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Windmill museum whirls a song about American history; The wind- powered legacy comes from early immigrants
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 4/3/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the Mid-America Windmill Museum, 50 windmills perched atop a hill...commonly used to make windmill frames before metal windmills became the standard...showcased in the windmills on display. If...MID-AMERICA WINDMILL MUSEUM: www.midamericawindmillmuseum...
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Windmill
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...energy generated by a windmill has been used to...grain into flour. Windmills are designed by...least efficient windmill structures invented...should be noted that windmills may have been used...the use of large windmill structures. Today...fraction of the windmills that used to ...
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Windmills
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...hand-dug wells made windmills a necessity. Well...Popularized in the 1870s, windmills came to dot the prairie...agricultural use. The windmill became common only after...sustainable use for windmills is in the production...Wind: A History of Windmill Technology. New York...
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windmill
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
windmill apparatus that harnesses...electrical generators. Windmills were probably not known...Germany. The typical Dutch windmill, also called the tower...wind. More modern American windmills have high towers of light...
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Windmill Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Windmill Theatre, London, in Great Windmill Street, near Piccadilly Circus. This intimate theatre, which...performances running from 2.30 p.m. to 11 p.m. The Windmill Girls, who appeared in nude tableaux, became a part of London...
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tilt at windmills
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
tilt at windmills attack imaginary obstacles, in the manner of Don Quixote , who mistook a group of windmills in the distance for giants.
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