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Illinois city on the Mississippi
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moline
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moline \Mo"line\, n. [L. molina mill, fr. molere to grind. See Mill .] The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind. Cross moline (Her.), a cross each arm of which is divided at the end into two rounded branches ...
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Gazetteer
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Population (2000): 457 Housing Units (2000): 255 Land area (2000): 0.346576 sq. miles (0.897627 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.346576 sq. miles (0.897627 sq. km) FIPS code: 47600 Located within: Kansas ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
Usage examples of moline.
The men were heavily armored and bore the enflamed white cross moline fitchy of the outlawed Order of Saint Michael on their surcoats of Michaeline blue.
And there beyond I see the red and silver of the Worsleys of Apuldercombe, who like myself are of Hampshire lineage, Close behind us is the moline cross of the gallant William Molyneux, and beside it the bloody chevrons of the Norfork Woodhouses, with the amulets of the Musgraves of Westmoreland.
William Molines and his daughter Priscilla, afterwards the wife of John Alden and Philip Delanoy, born in Leyden of French parents, were of the number.
Each of them wore the formal blue mantle of their Order, Dualta with the full Michaeline badge on the shoulder, Johannes with only the silver cross moline fitchy of the lay brotherhood.