mill

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English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806 1873)

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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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the act of grinding to a powder or dust

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a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing

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machine that processes materials by grinding or crushing

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English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)

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Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham''s utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)

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grind with a mill; "mill grain"

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roll out (metal) with a rolling machine

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

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move about in a confused manner

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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 intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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A passage underground through which ore is shot.

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A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling.

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A pugilistic.

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

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

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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.

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

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To beat with the fists.

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To roll into bars, as steel.

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

Mill

Mill , 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.

Mill

Mill, n. [OE. mille, melle, mulle, milne, AS. myln, mylen; akin to D. molen, G. m'81hle, OHG. mul'c6, mul'c6n, 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. . See Meal flour, and cf. Moline.] 1. A machine for grinding or commuting 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.

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.

Mill

Mill, v. i. (Zo'94l.) To swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures.

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

A machine for grinding or commuting 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.

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

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

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Usage Examples

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science.

The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the advocacy of which forms the chief feature of his political writings.

The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.

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Other Usage Examples

Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.

My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that.

At a time when nobody thought we'd ever see a new steel mill built in America, we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana. Today Steel Dynamics is one of the largest steel producers in the United States.