mill

mill
mill
mill1 [mil]
n.
[ME melle < OE mylen, akin to OHG mulin, ON mylna, all < 4th-c. Gmc borrowing < LL molinae, pl. of molina, mill < LL(Ec) molina, of a mill < L mola, millstone < IE base * mel-, to grind, crush > MEAL2, MILD, Ger mahlen, Gr mylē, mill, L mollis, soft, molere, to grind]
1.
a) a building with machinery for grinding grain into flour or meal
b) the machine for grinding grain
2.
a) a machine for grinding or pulverizing any solid material [a coffee mill]
b) a machine for grinding or crushing fruits or vegetables to press out the juice [a cider mill]
3.
a) any of various machines for stamping, shaping, polishing, or dressing metal surfaces, coins, etc., or for making something by some action done again and again
☆ b) Informal an organization, establishment, etc. where things are done, produced, issued, etc. in a routine, rapid, mechanical way [a diploma mill, a divorce mill]
4. a building or group of buildings with machinery for manufacturing or processing something; factory [a textile mill]
5. a roller of hardened steel with a raised design on it, for making a die or printing plate by pressure
6.
a) MILLING CUTTER
b) MILLING MACHINE
7. a raised edge, ridged surface, etc. made by milling
vt.
1. to grind, work, process, form, polish, etc. by, in, or as in a mill
2. to raise and ridge the edge of (a coin), as a safeguard against wear and clipping; knurl
3. Now Rare to beat or whip (chocolate, etc.) to a froth
vi.
☆ to move slowly in a circle, as cattle, or aimlessly, as a confused crowd: often with around or about
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in the mill
in preparation
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through the mill
Informal through a hard, painful, instructive experience, training, test, etc.
☆ mill2 [mil ]
n.
[for L millesimus, thousandth < mille, thousand: cf. CENT1]
one tenth of a cent: $.001: a monetary unit used in calculating but not as a coin
mill3 [mil]
n.
Slang MIL2

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  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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