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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Bagasse :: Bagasse (n.) Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar..
Head :: Head (n.) The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea..
Tilt-mill :: Tilt-mill (n.) A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on..
Normal :: Normal (a.) Denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight.
Soc :: Soc (n.) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.
Faller :: Faller (n.) A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks..
Megalerg :: Megalerg (n.) A million ergs; a megerg.
Pap :: Pap (n.) A nipple; a mammilla; a teat.
Vane :: Vane (n.) Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc..
Full :: Full (n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill..
Milliary :: Milliary (a.) A milestone.
Tan :: Tan (n.) The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark..
Stock :: Stock (n.) The beater of a fulling mill.
Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill..
Forge :: Forge (n.) The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill..
Millrind :: Millrind (n.) Alt. of Millryn.
Craze-mill :: Craze-mill (n.) Alt. of Crazing-mil.
Buhrstone :: Buhrstone (n.) A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones..
Miller :: Miller (n.) The hen harrier.
Megerg :: Megerg (n.) One of the larger measures of work, amounting to one million ergs; -- called also megalerg..
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