Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River across from Davenport, Iowa. It developed as a major producer of farm implements and tractors.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The crossed iron sunk in the center of the upper millstone, for receiving the spindle fixed in the lower stone; a mill-rynd.
- In heraldry, resembling a Moline.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
- noun (Her.) a cross each arm of which is divided at the end into two rounded branches or divisions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River
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Examples
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MOLINE -- A registered sex offender wanted on three arrest warrants fought with a Moline police officer Monday and ran, but later was apprehended.
QCOnline Metro News 2010
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MOLINE - A dozen newly designated Master Teachers will be honored at a 20th annual awards program April 30, at the i wireless Center in Moline.
QCOnline Metro News 2010
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MOLINE -- A registered sex offender wanted on three arrest warrants fought with a Moline police officer Monday and ran, but later was apprehended.
QCOnline Metro News 2010
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MOLINE -- Moline city administrator Lew Steinbrecher has named interim fire chief Ron Miller permanently to the post.
QCOnline Metro News 2010
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MOLINE -- The darkness gave Moline police officer Heidi Nelson's squad car partial obscurity as it was parked on the shoulder under the Avenue of the Cities overpass on Interstate 74, Iowa-bound.
QCOnline Metro News 2010
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MOLINE -- A Wisconsin development and construction firm is interested in building a key piece of a city-planned development along the Moline riverfront.
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MOLINE -- City staff want to create a micro-enterprise loan program to expand small business in Moline.
QCOnline Metro News 2010
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MOLINE -- The darkness gave Moline police officer Heidi Nelson's squad car partial obscurity as it was parked on the shoulder under the Avenue of the Cities overpass on Interstate 74, Iowa-bound.
QCOnline Metro News 2010
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MOLINE -- Bethany Baptist Church, one block from John Deere Road on 7th Street in Moline, will present '' The Messiah in the Passover Seder '' at 5 p.m. Sunday.
QCOnline Metro News 2009
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MOLINE -- Despite a whirlwind of changes at Christ Anglican Church in Moline, church members still find time to help hurricane victims.
QCOnline Metro News 2009
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