Definition of mill

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Mill (n.) 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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Miliolite :: Miliolite (a.) The same Milliolitic.
Barker''s Mill :: Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis..
Chiliasm :: Chiliasm (n.) The millennium.
Surmulot :: Surmullet (a.) Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidae, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet..
Trillion :: Trillion (n.) According to the French notation, which is used upon the Continent generally and in the United States, the number expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million millions; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration..
Megampere :: Megampere (n.) A million amperes.
Chiliastic :: Chiliastic (a.) Millenarian.
Billion :: Billion (n.) According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration..
Knurled :: Knurled (a.) Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin..
Windmill :: Windmill (n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft..
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars..
Walk-mill :: Walk-mill (n.) A fulling mill.
Miller :: Miller (n.) A milling machine.
Mill :: Mill (n.) A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling.
Sail :: Sail (n.) The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
Population :: Population (n.) The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions..
Molendinarious :: Molendinarious (a.) Resembling the sails of a windmill.
Ram :: Ram (n.) The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like..
Buhrstone :: Buhrstone (n.) A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones..
Mill :: Mill (n.) To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill; to grind; to comminute..
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