| Mill (mill) |
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| n. | (m***ibreve]l) |
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| Mill |
| [L. mille
a thousand. Cf. Mile.] |
A money of account of the United
States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of
a dollar.
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A machine for grinding or comminuting any
substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard,
rough, or indented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee
mill; a bone mill.
A machine used for expelling the juice,
sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in
combination with a grinding, or cutting process; as, a cider
mill; a cane mill.
A machine for grinding and polishing; as,
a lapidary mill.
A common name for various machines which
produce a manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material
by the continuous repetition of some simple action; as, a
sawmill; a stamping mill, etc.
A building or collection of buildings with
machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as,
a cotton mill; a powder mill; a rolling
mill.
A hardened steel
roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy
of the design in a softer metal, as copper.
An
excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material
for filling is obtained.
A milling cutter. See Illust. under
Milling.
A pugilistic encounter.
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| Mill (mill) |
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| v. t. | (m***ibreve]l) |
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| Mill |
| [imp.
*** p. p. Milled (m&ibreve]ld); p. pr. *** vb.
n. Milling.] [See Mill, n.,
and cf. Muller.]
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To reduce to fine particles, or to small
pieces, in a mill] to grind; to comminute.
To shape, finish, or transform by passing
through a machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by
means of a rotary cutter.
To make a raised border around the edges
of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of
a coin, or a screw head; also, to stamp in a coining press; to
coin.
To pass through a fulling mill; to full,
as cloth.
To beat with the fists.
To roll into bars, as steel.
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To
swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures.
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To undergo hulling, as maize.
To move in a circle, as cattle upon a
plain.
To swim suddenly in a new direction; --
said of whales.
To take part in a mill; to box.
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Short
for Treadmill.
The raised or ridged edge or surface made
in milling anything, as a coin or screw.
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To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken
ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
To cause to mill, or circle round, as
cattle.
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