milldam

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"The sound of water escaping from milldams, etc., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts and brickwork�I love such things," he wrote.

From Time Magazine Archive

Loud roars the storm, The milldams tear; I cannot perish, O malheur!

From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

You could not see her middle sma', Binnorie, O Binnorie; Her gowden girdle was sae bra';75 By the bonny milldams of Binnorie.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

The trees were dark with leaves and brooded close above them; old water-fences and milldams cast inky shadows on the still, shallow ponds clasped in wooded hills.

From The Desert and the Sown by Foote, Mary Hallock

By the bonny milldams of Binnorie.20 She's ta'en her by the lily hand, Binnorie, O Binnorie; And led her down to the river strand; By the bonny milldams of Binnorie.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various