Definition of Moline

1. Noun. A town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River.

Generic synonyms: Town
Group relationships: Il, Illinois, Land Of Lincoln, Prairie State

Definition of Moline

1. n. The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.

Definition of Moline

1. Noun. The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moline

1. having arms forked and curved at the ends -- used of a heraldic cross [adj]

Medical Definition of Moline

1. The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind. Cross moline, a cross each arm of which is divided at the end into two rounded branches or divisions. Origin: L. Molina mill, fr. Molere to grind. See Mill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moline

molests
molewarp
molewarps
molfile
molfiles
molgramostim
molies
molilalia
molimen
molimen climactericum virile
molimens
moliminous
molindone
molindone hydrochloride
moline (current term)
molines
molinet
molinets
molinillo
molinillos
molinology
molla
mollah
mollahs
mollas
molle
mollebart
mollemoke

Literary usage of Moline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and by James Balfour Paul (1893)
"Arg. a cross moline az. square- pierced of the field, on a chief gu. a garb ... Arg. a cross moline gu., in chief a lion passant guardant of the second, ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"assailed as Dull and roid, as against the general creditors of the moline Malleable Iron Works, upon the following grounds: "First. ..."

3. The Manual of Statistics: Stock Exchange Hand-book . by Financial News Association (New York, Charles M. Goodsell, Henry E. Wallace (1915)
"Chairman Executive Committee, Willard L. Velie, moline. ... Main office, moline, 111. Annual meeting, second Tuesday in March, at moline. ..."

4. The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided by Isaac Grant Thompson, Irving Browne (1872)
"in a straight line underneath; that among the traue, and witl. people who buy and sell them, all the manufactures of moline pass by the name of moline, ..."

5. The Egerton Papers: A Collection of Public and Private Documents, Chiefly by Francis Egerton Ellesmere, John Payne Collier (1840)
"PATENT FOR SIR NICHOLAS moline. [Nicholas moline, a foreigner in whose favour the following Privy Seal was issued, had been knighted by the King in his ..."

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