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moline definition

mo·line (mō′lin, mō līn′)

adjective

designating a cross with each arm forked and curved back at the end a cross moline

Etymology: < Anglo-Fr *moliné < OFr molin, a mill < VL *molinum, for LL molina, mill: from its resemblance to the iron support for the upper millstone

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