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Moline definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Anglo-French *moliné, from molin mill, from Late Latin molinum — more at mill Date: 1562 of a heraldic cross having the end of each arm forked and recurved — see cross illustration

Merriam Webster's

geographical name city NW Illinois on Mississippi River population 43,768

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. Heraldry (of a cross) having each extremity broadened and curved back. Etymology: prob. f. AF moliné f. molin MILL(1), because of the resemblance to the iron support of a millstone

Webster's 1913 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 or divisions.