Mill
Definition of Mill
Pronunciation: mĭl | n. | 1. | A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar. | | 1. | | | 1. | 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. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill. | | 4. | 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. | | 5. | 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. | | 6. | (Die Sinking) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper. | | 7. | (Mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. | | 8. | A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling. | | 9. | A pugilistic encounter. | | 10. | Short for Treadmill. | | 11. | The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, as a coin or screw. | | 12. | A building or complex of buildings containing a mill{1} or other machinery to grind grains into flour. | | v. t. | 1. | To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill; to grind; to comminute. | | 2. | To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by means of a rotary cutter. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth. | | 5. | To beat with the fists. | | 6. | To roll into bars, as steel. | | v. i. | 1. | (Zool.) To swim under water; - said of air-breathing creatures. | | 2. | To undergo hulling, as maize. | | 3. | To move in a circle, as cattle upon a plain; to move around aimlessly; - usually used with around. | | 4. | To swim suddenly in a new direction; - said of whales. | | 5. | To take part in a mill; to box. | | v. t. | 1. | (Mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom. | | 2. | To cause to mill, or circle round, as cattle. |
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