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English actor (1793–1873)
William Charles Macready (3 March 1793 – 27 April 1873) was an English stage actor. The son of Irish actor-manager William Macready the Elder he emerged
William_Macready
British Army general (1862–1946)
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in London. Macready was the son of the prominent actor William Charles Macready. His father was 69 years old at Nevil's birth
Nevil_Macready
Painting by John Jackson
William Macready as Henry IV is an 1821 portrait painting by the British artist John Jackson depicting the actor William Macready in the role of Henry
William_Macready_as_Henry_IV
Surname list
Macready is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Agnes Macready (1855–1935), Australian nurse and journalist Carol MacReady, English actress
Macready
American actor (1899–1973)
Gilda. Macready was born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 29, 1899. He claimed to be a descendent of the 19th-century English actor William Charles
George_Macready
Irish actor-manager (1755–1829)
William Macready the Elder (1755 – 11 April 1829) was an Irish actor-manager. Born 1755, to a Dublin upholsterer, Macready started his career playing in
William_Macready_the_Elder
Mathematical folklore
free lunch" (NFL) theorem (sometimes pluralized) of David Wolpert and William Macready, alludes to the saying "no such thing as a free lunch", that is, there
No_free_lunch_theorem
Saturday night social gatherings held by inventor Charles Babbage in the 1830s
Harriet Martineau, photographic inventor Henry Fox Talbot, the actor William Macready, the composer Felix Mendelssohn, the historian Thomas Babington Macaulay
Charles Babbage's Saturday night soirées
Charles_Babbage's_Saturday_night_soirées
English Victorian-era painter and child of Charles Dickens (1839–1929)
favourite child. Dickens reportedly named her after his friend, the actor William Macready. As a girl, she also bore the nickname "Lucifer Box" for her hot temper
Kate_Perugini
American actor (1806–1872)
nineteenth-century American Shakespearean actor. His feud with the British actor William Macready was the cause of the deadly Astor Place Riot of 1849. Forrest was born
Edwin_Forrest
1842 play
John Bennett as Duke of Gaveston, Samuel Phelps as Lord Byerdale, William Macready as Colonel Green, Charles Selby as Armstrong, Helena Faucit as Lady
The_Secretary_(play)
1796 English play by Frederic Reynolds
Quick as Sir Bamber Blackletter, John Fawcett as Tom Seymour, William Macready as Orville and Isabella Mattocks as Miss Union. Hogan p.1909-10 Hogan,
Fortune's_Fool_(1796_play)
English painter (1787–1849)
travelled to Naples alone and returned to Rome in the company of actor William Macready, who happened to be making the same journey, and with whom he remained
William_Etty
1849–1850 novel by Charles Dickens
Copperfield: I am "busy as a bee", he writes happily to the actor William Macready. A serious incident occurred in December: Mrs Jane Seymour Hill, chiropractor
David_Copperfield
19th century New York City street gang
City as well as a drawn-out feud between actors Edwin Forrest and William Macready. Benjamin Baker's play A Glance at New York, written in 1848, created
Bowery_Boys_(gang)
English statesman (1626–1712)
Clarke by Thomas Serle revolves around Cromwell, who was portrayed by William Macready at the Haymarket Theatre. Cromwell is portrayed in the novels The Last
Richard_Cromwell
Social gathering
Liberal cabinets. From the arts and letters came Shakespearian actor William Macready, historians Thomas Macauley and Henry Milman, the novelist Charles
Salon_(gathering)
Former opera house
riot provoked by competing performances of Macbeth by English actor William Macready at the Opera House and American Edwin Forrest at the nearby Broadway
Academy of Music (New York City)
Academy_of_Music_(New_York_City)
1842 play
1842. The original cast included William Macready as Mordaunt, Samuel Phelps as the Earl of Lynterne, Edward William Elton as Heartwell, George John Bennett
The_Patrician's_Daughter
Painting by Daniel Maclise
Macready as Werner is an 1850 portrait painting by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise. It depicts the celebrated English stage actor William Macready in the
Macready_as_Werner
Private members' club in London
original membership includes actors such as John Braham, Charles Kemble, William Macready, Charles Mathews and his son Charles James; the playwrights James Planché
Garrick_Club
1789 play by Frederick Reynolds
Neville, William Blanchard as Floriville, William Macready as Willoughby, Joseph Shepherd Munden as Ennui, James Thompson as Peter, William Thomas Lewis
The_Dramatist
1839 historical play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Garden on 7 March 1839. The original cast featured William Macready as Richelieu, Edward William Elton as Louis XIII, James Prescott Warde as Baradas
Richelieu_(play)
English actor
down Alfred the Great by James Sheridan Knowles, a role that went to William Macready He took over the management of the Richmond Theatre, Surrey in 1831
Edmund_Kean
Era of British history, c. 1795 to 1837
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Hudson Lowe Ada Byron Lovelace William Macready John Loudon McAdam Lord Melbourne Thomas Moore Hannah More John Murray
Regency_era
1841 book by Thomas Carlyle
1843 provide representative reactions to On Heroes. Archbishop of York William Thomson denounced Carlyle's syncretism, writing: "It is not a Christian
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History
On_Heroes,_Hero-Worship,_&_the_Heroic_in_History
English actor and director (1907–1989)
mentioning him alongside great predecessors such as Edmund Kean, William Macready and Henry Irving. The actor Robert Speaight described it as "Olivier's
Laurence_Olivier
Theatre in Bath, Somerset, England
performances by many leading actors of the time including Dorothea Jordan, William Macready and Edmund Kean. A major fire in 1862 destroyed the interior of the
Theatre_Royal,_Bath
1849 theatre-related riot in Manhattan
Forrest, one of the best-known American actors of that time, and William Charles Macready, a similarly notable English actor, which largely revolved around
Astor_Place_Riot
British Army officer (1798–1848)
the son of William Macready the elder, an actor-manager and Christina Ann Birch, an actress. He was brother to the noted actor William Macready, who was
Edward_Nevil_Macready
1788 play
as Duke Murcia, William Farren as Marquis Almanza, William Thomas Lewis as Count Valantia, James Fearon as Seville, William Macready the Elder as Granada
The_Child_of_Nature
1821 play
original cast included William Macready as Damon, Charles Kemble as Pythias, William Abbot as Dionysius, Daniel Egerton as Damocles, William Chapman as Nicias
Damon_and_Pythias_(1821_play)
1837 play
West End on 26 June 1837 with a cast that included William Macready as Melantius, Edward William Elton as Amintor, Charles Selby as Calianaz and Mary
The_Bridal
1823 play
original cast included William Macready as Julian, Maria Foote as Alphonso, King of Sicily, George John Bennett as Duke of Melfi, William Abbot as Count D'Alba
Julian_(play)
1817 play
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 3 May 1817. The original cast included William Macready as Pescara, Charles Kemble as Hemeya, Charles Mayne Young as Malec
The_Apostate_(play)
1787 play
William Farren as Sir William Carrol, James Fearon as Chrysostom, William Macready as Lord Henley, Ann Brunton Merry as Louisa, Mrs Webb as Mrs Goodly
All_on_a_Summer's_Day
1820 play
starred William Macready as Wallace, Charles Kemble as Douglas, Daniel Egerton as Comyn, William Abbot as Montieth, Thomas Comer as Kierly, William Chapman
Wallace_(play)
Performing arts venue in London, England
tragediennes Sarah Siddons and Eliza O'Neill, the Shakespearean actors William Macready, Edmund Kean and his son Charles. On 25 March 1833 Edmund Kean collapsed
Royal_Opera_House
1826 play
between Charles Kemble and his rival at the theatre William Macready led to a long delay and Macready eventually did not appear. During the delay, the publication
Foscari_(play)
Savage as Addie Cherry Ben Folds as Nathan Cherry Jack McBrayer as William Macready David Koechner as Edwin Forrest Charlie Finn as Mike Veeck Patton Oswalt
List of Drunk History episodes
List_of_Drunk_History_episodes
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
Old-Clothes" in religion. In June 1861, Charles Dickens reported to William Macready that "Carlyle has greatly intensified his aversion to Jews, and is
Thomas_Carlyle
1795 play
Richardson as Lord Robert Fitzwalter, William Macready as English knight, George Davies Harley as French Prince, William Claremont as Vicomte De Beaumant and
England_Preserved
1818 play
April 1818. The original cast included Elizabeth O'Neill as Bellamira, William Macready as Amurath, Charles Kemble as Manfredi, Charles Mayne Young as Montalto
Bellamira_(Sheil_play)
Davies Harley as Mr Milford, James Thompson as Sheriff's Officer, William Macready as Hosier, Ann Brunton Merry as Sophia, Sarah Harlowe as Jenny and
The_Road_to_Ruin_(play)
Plot archetype where a protagonist's desires are fulfilled
Tate's crowd-pleaser after only three performances. Only in 1838 did William Macready at Covent Garden successfully restore Shakespeare's original tragic
Happy_ending
Play by William Shakespeare
Tate's crowd-pleaser after only three performances. At last in 1838, William Macready at Covent Garden performed Shakespeare's version, freed from Tate's
King_Lear
1791 play
Shepherd Munden as Ephraim Smooth, William Blanchard as Sim, James Thompson as Sailor, Charles Farley as Sailor, William Macready as Midg, Jane Pope as Lady Amaranth
Wild_Oats_(play)
English actress (1782–1847)
Sarah Egerton (1782–1847) was an English actress. The judgement of William Macready was that "her merits were confined to melodrama." Egerton was the daughter
Sarah_Egerton_(actress)
Capital city of Virginia, United States
National Public Radio. Retrieved February 7, 2024. Macready, William, The diaries of William Charles Macready, 1833–1851, Volume 2, p. 416 "Edgar Allan Poe
Richmond,_Virginia
1820 play
Verginia. The original cast featured William Macready as Virginius, Maria Foote as Virginia, Harriet Faucit as Servia, William Abbot as Appius Claudius, Charles
Virginius_(play)
Possible order of composition of Shakespeare's plays
adaptations were staged by John Philip Kemble at Covent Garden in 1813, William Macready at Drury Lane in 1833, Samuel Phelps at Sadler's Wells in 1849, Andrew
Chronology of Shakespeare's plays
Chronology_of_Shakespeare's_plays
wartime social volunteer Harold Macmillan (1894–1986), UK Prime Minister William Macready (1793–1873), English actor Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949), Belgian
List_of_diarists
1787 play
Colman the Elder, although it has also been mistakenly attributed to William Macready. A farce, it premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket
The_Village_Lawyer
1788 play
The original cast included John Quick as Doctor, William Blanchard as La Fleur, William Macready the Elder as Marquis De Lancey, Mary Wells as Constance
Animal_Magnetism_(play)
Play by William Shakespeare
part of Shakespeare: Scene and Story, with Edna Godfrey-Turner and William Macready, and in 1926 as part of Shakespeare's Heroines, with Madge Titheradge
The_Taming_of_the_Shrew
Play by William Shakespeare
Valentine seems to offer Silvia to Proteus. This practice prevailed until William Macready reintroduced the lines in 1841 in a production at Drury Lane, although
The_Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona
1792 play
Irishman in London is a 1792 comedy play by the Irish writer and actor William Macready the Elder. A farce, it premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal
The_Irishman_in_London
Average solution cost is the same with any method
describing such a circumstance, introduced by David Wolpert and William G. Macready in connection with the problems of search and optimization, is to
No free lunch in search and optimization
No_free_lunch_in_search_and_optimization
1832 play
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 26 April 1832. The original cast included William Macready as Scroope, Henry John Wallack as Edward Beaufort, John Cooper as Richard
The_Merchant_of_London
British actress
went on to leading roles at London theatres with Charles Kean and William Macready. On January 8, 1849, Vining married American actor Edward Loomis Davenport
Fanny_Vining_Davenport
1819 play
The original cast included Elizabeth O'Neill as Evadne, William Macready as Ludovico, William Abbot as the King of Naples, Charles Mayne Young as Colonna
Evadne_(play)
there on 20 September 1803 as Murtoch Delany (Irishman in London, by William Macready the elder). In the same season he played Sergeant Armagh in Cobb's
John_Henry_Johnstone
1836 play
George William Lovell. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 10 February 1836. The original cast featured William Macready as Bertulphe
The_Provost_of_Bruges
1828 play
London on 10 March 1828. The cast included William Macready as Henry, John Cooper as Don Pedro, James William Wallack as Raban, George Yarnold as Constable
Don_Pedro,_King_of_Castile
English actor (1936–2025)
Barrie was the author of his one man show, Macready!, the story of the great Victorian actor William Macready, which came to the West End in 1981 after
Frank_Barrie
1842 play
1840, and was likely written before 1838. The original cast included William Macready as Gisippus, James Robertson Anderson as Titus Quintus Fulvius, Edward
Gisippus
Prince of Anhalt-Köthen William Macready the Elder 1755–1829 Irish actor-manager, father of English actor William Macready (1793–1873) Aldus Manutius
List of people known as the Elder or the Younger
List_of_people_known_as_the_Elder_or_the_Younger
Actor who manages their own theatrical company and usually stars in its productions
standards of performance, as demonstrated by such 19th-century actors as William Macready, Charles Wyndham, Henry Irving, Frank Benson and Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Actor-manager
Day of the year
1813 – Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (born 1779) 1873 – William Macready, English actor and manager (born 1793) 1882 – Ralph Waldo Emerson,
April_27
1836 play
Covent Garden in London on 26 May 1836. The Covent Garden cast included William Macready as Ion, Ellen Tree (and subsequently Helena Faucit) as Clemanthe, John
Ion_(Talfourd_play)
1815 play
of the author's Virginius. The London cast included William Macready as Caius Gracchus, William Penley as Licinius, Alexander Pope as Drusus, Daniel
Caius_Gracchus_(play)
1791 play
as Mustapha, William Cubitt as Azim, Charles Incledon as Selim, William Macready as Muley, Charles Farley as Ismael, James Thompson as Old Man, Jane Pope
A_Day_in_Turkey
1837 play
Faucit as Louise de la Vallière, William Macready as the Marquis Alphonso de Bragelone, John Vandenhoff as Louis XIV, William Farren as the Duke of Lauzun
The_Duchess_de_la_Vallière
1832 play
original cast included William Macready as Colberg, John Cooper as Prince of Eisbach, Thomas Cooke as the Chaplain, and Robert William Honner as Steinfeldt
The_House_of_Colberg
British politician
Pedro, King of Castile which was staged at Drury Lane in 1828 with William Macready and Ellen Kean. In 1831, Porchester was elected to the House of Commons
Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon
Henry_Herbert,_3rd_Earl_of_Carnarvon
1792 play
Holman as Alonzo, William Thomas Lewis as Harry Herbert, John Quick as Doctor Dolores, Joseph Shepherd Munden as Bribon, William Macready as Roldan, James
Columbus_(play)
1831 play
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. The title role was played by William Macready, a frequent collaborator of Knowles. Other members of the cast included
Alfred_the_Great_(play)
1837 play
Theatre in London's West End. The original cast included William Macready as Strafford, William Harries Tilbury as Lord Savile, John Vandenhoff as John
Strafford_(play)
1818 play
Young as Veranes, King of Persia, William Macready as Chosroo, Charles Kemble as Hamed, Daniel Egerton as Abdas, William Abbot as Hafiz, Daniel Terry as
Retribution_(play)
Village in Hertfordshire, England
music journalist. Ian Livingston, chief executive officer of BT Group. William Macready (1793–1873), actor, lived at Elm Place, Elstree. John Henry Marks (b
Elstree
English actress and singer
appeared with many notable Victorian actors. She played Ophelia with William Macready in Hamlet and appeared as Maud in The Wife's Secret with Mr and Mrs
Kathleen_Fitzwilliam
Irish stage actor and theatre manager
who appeared in Belfast during the period included Andrew Cherry, William Macready. In 1783 Atkins oversaw the construction of a new, larger theatre in
Michael_Atkins
British actor of the 19th-century
and Coventry. He joined the company of William Macready the Elder, the father of the tragedian William Macready, at the Theatre Royal in Bristol before
William_John_Hammond
Day of the year
1756 – William Godwin, English journalist and author (died 1836) 1778 – Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1841) 1793 – William Macready, English
March_3
1807 play
at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1817 where the cast included William Macready as the Emperor of Byzantium, Charles Mayne Young as the Prince of Apulia
Adelgitha
1821 art exhibition in London
by Henry Raeburn William Macready as Macbeth by John Jackson Newsmongers by David Wilkie The Careless Messenger Detected by William Mulready Nature Blowing
Royal Academy Exhibition of 1821
Royal_Academy_Exhibition_of_1821
Irish composer and violinist
Shall These Lips Impart. A ballad (J. Lynch) William Toynbee (ed.): The Diaries of William Charles Macready (London: Chapman & Hall, 1912). Ita M. Hogan:
William_Michael_Rooke
1795 play
actor William Macready the Elder. Its plot draws inspiration from William Taverner's The Artful Husband as well as other earlier plays. Macready's play
The_Bank_Note
1838 play
included James Warde as Lord Athunree, George Bartley as Sir William Sutton, William Macready as Walsingham, John Langford Pritchard as Felton, John Pritt
Woman's_Wit_(Knowles_play)
1840 play
at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 23 June 1840. The cast included William Macready as Halbert MacDonald, Helena Faucit as Helen Campbell, Henry Howe as
Glencoe_(play)
Melodrama by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
in London on 15 February 1838. Helena Faucit played Pauline, with William Macready as Melnotte. Its first production in America was in 1838 at New York's
The_Lady_of_Lyons
English stage actor
took over the management of Richmond Theatre with James Thompson and William Macready. He also acted at Haymarket during the summers and authored an operatic
Robert_Benson_(actor)
1787 play
George Holman as Elvirus, William Macready as Mr Meanright, James Fearon as Zedan, James Thompson as First Keeper, William Cubitt as Second Keeper, Isabella
Such_Things_Are
Cemetery in London, England
(1771–1858), Scottish botanist Sir Donald Friell McLeod (1810–1872) William Macready (1793–1873), actor Sir George Makins (1853–1933), surgeon Edward Maltby
Kensal_Green_Cemetery
Topics referred to by the same term
Anglican clergyman William Holl the Elder (1771–1838), English engraver William Macready the elder (1755–1829), Irish actor-manager William Morgan (of Tredegar
William_the_Elder
1818 play
Royal, Covent Garden on 17 December 1818. The original cast included William Macready as Winterland, Charles Mayne Young as Larum, Charles Kemble as Dorrington
A_Word_to_the_Ladies
English actor and playwright (1768–1837)
Turkey by Hannah Cowley (1791) Edward in The Irishman in London by William Macready the Elder (1792) Master Jack in The World in a Village by John O'Keeffe
John_Fawcett_(actor)
1831 play by James Kenney
Hernani by French writer Victor Hugo. The original London cast included William Macready as Don Leo, Henry John Wallack as Hernani, John Cooper as Don Carlos
The_Pledge_(play)
Edmund Breon (partner) Andrew McFadyean (brother-in-law) William Macready (great-uncle) William John Charles Möens (great-great-uncle) Desmond Chute (first-cousin)
Margaret_Chute
1840 play
as Mary Stuart, William Macready as Earl of Ruthven, Samuel Phelps as Earl of Darnley, Henry Howe as George Douglas, Edward William Elton as Rizzio,
Mary_Stuart_(Haynes_play)
WILLIAM MACREADY
WILLIAM MACREADY
Female
English
Short form of English Lillian, LILLIA means "lily."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gilliam.
Boy/Male
Irish
cille means “â€associated with the church.â€â€ One St. Cillian left Ireland in about 650 AD with eleven companions and carried out his missionary work in the Rhine region of Germany where he became Bishop of Wurzburg after converting the local lord, Duke Gosbert of Wurzburg, to Christianity. Later Duke Gosbert married Geilana, his brother’s widow and Cillian declared the marriage invalid. While Gosbert was away on a military expedition, Geilana had Cillian beheaded when she found that Gosbert was going to leave her because their marriage was forbidden by the Church. The city of Wurzburg still celebrates a festival of mystery plays each year, known as Killianfest.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of William, from a central French form in which W is replaced by G.
Boy/Male
German American English
Will-helmet. Famous Bearers: poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and William...
Boy/Male
German Teutonic Dutch
Will-helmet. Famous Bearers: poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and William...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gilliam, which is itself a variant of William.
Male
Scottish
 Pet form of Scottish Gaelic Uilleam, WILLIE means "will-helmet." Compare with another form of Willie.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American French Teutonic English German
Henry VI, 2' Sir John Stanley. 'Henry VI, Part III' Sir William Stanley. 'As You Like It' A...
Male
English
English form of Norman French Willelm, WILLIAM means "will-helmet."
Male
Irish
Irish Gaelic form of German Wilhelm, UILLIAM means "will-helmet."
Boy/Male
German
Form of William; Resolute Protector
Male
English
 Variant spelling of English Killeen, KILLIAN means "little warrior." Compare with another form of Killian.
Male
English
 Pet form of English William, WILLIE means "will-helmet." Compare with another form of Willie.
Female
English
English variant spelling of Roman Latin Jillian, GILLIAN means "descended from Jupiter (Jove)."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Lilian, LILLIAN means "lily."
Female
Scottish
Variant spelling of Scottish Lilias, LILLIAS means "lily."
Male
German
 Variant spelling of German Kilian, KILLIAN means "little warrior." Compare with another form of Killian.
Male
Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of German Wilhelm, UILLEAM means "will-helmet."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French, German, Swiss
Will Helmet; Resolute Protector; Will; Son of William
WILLIAM MACREADY
WILLIAM MACREADY
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vaishnov | வைஷà¯à®¨à¯‹à®µÂ
Vaishnava denotes Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Tamil
Blue lotus
Girl/Female
British, English, German
Prosperity; Battle
Male
Yiddish
Yiddish form of Hebrew Aharown, ARKE means "light-bringer."
Male
English
English name probably derived from Anglo-Saxon Cyneweard, KENNARD means "royal guard."
Girl/Female
Indian
Divine
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Name of a Nakhatra out of 27 Nakhatras
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from Hotham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, named from a dative plural hÅdum of an Old English hÅd ‘shelter’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sermon.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Mind
WILLIAM MACREADY
WILLIAM MACREADY
WILLIAM MACREADY
WILLIAM MACREADY
WILLIAM MACREADY
v. t.
Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.
a.
Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing.
v. t.
Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
a.
Willing; ready to agree or consent.
n.
Willing acceptance.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Will
a.
Of or relating to Sir William Herschel; as, the Herschelian telescope.
n.
Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.
v. t.
Spontaneous; self-moved.
n.
The power of willing or determining; will.
n.
One who works at a willying machine.
a.
Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
a.
Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
n.
A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill.
a.
Willing to receive counsel or follow advice.
n.
Alt. of Willywaw
adv.
Willing; disposed.
a.
Capable of being appeased or pacified; ready or willing to be pacified; willing to forgive or condone.
a.
Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.
n.
A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel.