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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Windmill  \Wind"mill`\,  n. 
  A  mill  operated  by  the  power  of  the  wind,  usually  by  the 
  action  of  the  wind  upon  oblique  vanes  or  sails  which  radiate 
  from  a  horizontal  shaft.  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  windmill 
  n  1:  a  mill  that  is  powered  by  the  wind 
  2:  extracts  usable  energy  from  winds  [syn:  {aerogenerator},  {wind 
  generator}] 




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