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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MILL, n. [L. mille, a thousand.] A money of account of the United States, value the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.
MILL, n. [L. mola, molo, mel, honey, mollis; Eng. mellow, mild, mold, meal.
1. A complicated engine or machine for grinding and reducing to fine particles, grain, fruit or other substance, or for performing other operations by means of wheels and a circular motion; as a grist-mill for grain; a coffee-mill; a cider-mill; a bark-mill. The original purpose of mills was to comminute grain for food, but the word mill is now extended to engines or machines moved by water, wind or steam, for carrying on many other operations. We have oil-mills, saw-mills, slitting-mills, bark-mills, fulling-mills,etc.
2. The house or building that contains the machinery for grinding, etc.
MILL, v.t. To grind; to comminute; to reduce to fine particles or to small pieces.
1. To beat up chocolate.
2. To stamp coin.
3. To full, as cloth.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing [syn: factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory]
2: Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836) [syn: Mill, James Mill]
3: English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873) [syn: Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Mill]
4: machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing [syn: mill, grinder, milling machinery]
5: the act of grinding to a powder or dust [syn: grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation] v
1: move about in a confused manner [syn: mill, mill about, mill around]
2: grind with a mill; "mill grain"
3: produce a ridge around the edge of; "mill a coin"
4: roll out (metal) with a rolling machine

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name James 1773-1836 Scottish philosopher, historian, & economist II. biographical name John Stuart 1806-1873 son of James English philosopher & economist

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English mille, from Old English mylen, from Late Latin molina, molinum, from feminine and neuter of molinus of a mill, of a millstone, from Latin mola mill, millstone; akin to Latin molere to grind — more at meal Date: before 12th century 1. a building provided with machinery for grinding grain into flour 2. a. a machine or apparatus (as a quern) for grinding grain b. a machine for crushing or comminuting 3. a machine that manufactures by the continuous repetition of some simple action 4. a building or collection of buildings with machinery for manufacturing 5. a. a machine formerly used for stamping coins b. a machine for expelling juice from vegetable tissues by pressure or grinding 6. milling machine, milling cutter 7. a. a slow, laborious, or mechanical process or routine b. one that produces or processes people or things mechanically or in large numbers <a diploma mill> <a rumor mill> 8. a difficult and often educational experience — used in the phrase through the mill 9. the engine of an automobile or boat II. verb Date: 1511 transitive verb 1. to subject to an operation or process in a mill: as a. to grind into flour, meal, or powder b. to shape or dress by means of a rotary cutter c. to mix and condition (as rubber) by passing between rotating rolls 2. to give a raised rim or a ridged or corrugated edge to (a coin) 3. to cut grooves in the metal surface of (as a knob) intransitive verb 1. to hit out with the fists 2. to move in a circle or in an eddying mass; also wander 3. to undergo milling III. noun Etymology: Latin mille thousand Date: 1786 a money of account equal to 1/10 cent IV. variant of mil II

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a building fitted with a mechanical apparatus for grinding corn. b such an apparatus. 2 an apparatus for grinding any solid substance to powder or pulp (pepper-mill). 3 a a building fitted with machinery for manufacturing processes etc. (cotton-mill). b such machinery. 4 a a boxing-match. b a fist fight. --v. 1 tr. grind (corn), produce (flour), or hull (seeds) in a mill. 2 tr. produce regular ribbed markings on the edge of (a coin). 3 tr. cut or shape (metal) with a rotating tool. 4 intr. (often foll. by about, around) (of people or animals) move in an aimless manner, esp. in a confused mass. 5 tr. thicken (cloth etc.) by fulling. 6 tr. beat (chocolate etc.) to froth. 7 tr. sl. beat, strike, fight. Phrases and idioms: go (or put) through the mill undergo (or cause to undergo) intensive work or training etc. mill-dam a dam put across a stream to make it usable by a mill. mill-hand a worker in a mill or factory. mill-race a current of water that drives a mill-wheel. mill-wheel a wheel used to drive a water-mill. Derivatives: millable adj. Etymology: OE mylen ult. f. LL molinum f. L mola grindstone, mill f. molere grind 2. n. US one-thousandth of a dollar as money of account. Etymology: L millesimum thousandth: cf. CENT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lapidary Lap"i*da*ry, n.; pl. Lapidaries. [L. lapidarius, fr. lapidarius pertaining to stone: cf. F. lapidaire.] 1. An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones. 2. A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work. Lapidary's lathe, mill, or wheel, a machine consisting essentially of a revolving lap on a vertical spindle, used by a lapidary for grinding and polishing.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mill Mill (m[i^]l), n. [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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mill Mill, n. [OE. mille, melle, mulle, milne, AS. myln, mylen; akin to D. molen, G. m["u]hle, OHG. mul[=i], mul[=i]n, Icel. mylna; all prob. from L. molina, fr. mola millstone; prop., that which grinds, akin to molere to grind, Goth. malan, G. mahlen, and to E. meal. [root]108. See Meal flour, and cf. Moline.] 1. A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented 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) (a) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. (b) A passage underground through which ore is shot. 8. A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling. 9. A pugilistic. [Cant] --R. D. Blackmore. Edge mill, Flint mill, etc. See under Edge, Flint, etc. Mill bar (Iron Works), a rough bar rolled or drawn directly from a bloom or puddle bar for conversion into merchant iron in the mill. Mill cinder, slag from a puddling furnace. Mill head, the head of water employed to turn the wheel of a mill. Mill pick, a pick for dressing millstones. Mill pond, a pond that supplies the water for a mill. Mill race, the canal in which water is conveyed to a mill wheel, or the current of water which drives the wheel. Mill tail, the water which flows from a mill wheel after turning it, or the channel in which the water flows. Mill tooth, a grinder or molar tooth. Mill wheel, the water wheel that drives the machinery of a mill. Roller mill, a mill in which flour or meal is made by crushing grain between rollers. Stamp mill (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed by stamps. To go through the mill, to experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mill Mill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Milled; p. pr. & vb. n. Milling.] [See Mill, n., and cf. Muller.] 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. [Cant] --Thackeray. 6. To roll into bars, as steel. To mill chocolate, to make it frothy, as by churning.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mill Mill, v. i. (Zo["o]l.) To swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Molding Mold"ing, Moulding Mould"ing, p.a. Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern. Molding, or Moulding, board. (a) See Follow board, under Follow, v. t. (b) A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped. Molding, or Moulding, machine. (a) (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings. ( b ) (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. Molding, or Moulding, mill, a mill for shaping timber. Molding, or Moulding, sand (Founding), a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mill Mill, v. i. 1. To undergo hulling, as maize. 2. To move in a circle, as cattle upon a plain. The deer and the pig and the nilghar were milling round and round in a circle of eight or ten miles radius. --Kipling. 3. To swim suddenly in a new direction; -- said of whales. 4. To take part in a mill; to box. [Cant]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mill Mill, n. 1. Short for Treadmill. 2. The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, as a coin or screw.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mill Mill, 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mills, milling, milled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A mill is a building in which grain is crushed to make flour. N-COUNT 2. A mill is a small device used for grinding something such as coffee beans or pepper into powder. ...a pepper mill. = grinder N-COUNT: supp N 3. A mill is a factory used for making and processing materials such as steel, wool, or cotton. ...a steel mill. ...a textile mill. N-COUNT: usu supp N 4. To mill something such as wheat or pepper means to grind it in a mill. They mill 1000 tonnes of flour a day in every Australian state. ...freshly milled black pepper. VERB: V n, V-ed 5. grist to the mill: see grist see also milling, rolling mill, run-of-the-mill, watermill

Easton's Bible Dictionary

for grinding corn, mentioned as used in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). That used by the Hebrews consisted of two circular stones, each 2 feet in diameter and half a foot thick, the lower of which was called the "nether millstone" (Job 41:24) and the upper the "rider." The upper stone was turned round by a stick fixed in it as a handle. There were then no public mills, and thus each family required to be provided with a hand-mill. The corn was ground daily, generally by the women of the house (Isa. 47:1, 2; Matt. 24:41). It was with the upper stone of a hand-mill that "a certain woman" at Thebez broke Abimelech's skull (Judg. 9:53, "a piece of a millstone;" literally, "a millstone rider", i.e., the "runner," the stone which revolves. Comp. 2 Sam. 11:21). Millstones could not be pledged (Deut. 24:6), as they were necessary in every family.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Manufactory. 2. [U. S.] One tenth of a cent. II. v. a. 1. Grind, comminute, pulverize, powder, levigate. 2. Stamp (as coin) on the edge. 3. Full (as cloth). 4. Throw (as silk).

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A chisel.

Moby Thesaurus

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