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Mill 1

Definition: A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

Mill 2

Definition: 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.

Mill 3

Definition: 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.

Mill 4

Definition: A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill.

Mill 5

Definition: 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.

Mill 6

Definition: 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.

Mill 7

Definition: A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper.

Mill 8

Definition: An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.

Mill 9

Definition: A passage underground through which ore is shot.

Mill 10

Definition: A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling.

Mill 11

Definition: A pugilistic.

Mill 12

Definition: To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill; to grind; to comminute.

Mill 13

Definition: To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by means of a rotary cutter.

Mill 14

Definition: 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.

Mill 15

Definition: To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.

Mill 16

Definition: To beat with the fists.

Mill 17

Definition: To roll into bars, as steel.

Mill 18

Definition: To swim under water; said of air-breathing creatures.

mill 19

Definition: the act of grinding to a powder or dust

mill 20

Definition: a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing

mill 21

Definition: machine that processes materials by grinding or crushing

Mill 22

Definition: English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism

Mill 23

Definition: Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham''s utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill

mill 24

Definition: grind with a mill; "mill grain"

mill 25

Definition: roll out (metal) with a rolling machine

mill 26

Definition: produce a ridge around the edge of; "mill a coin"

mill 27

Definition: move about in a confused manner

 

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