Definition of mill

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Mill (n.) 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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Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc..
Stiver :: Stive (n.) The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.
Bridgetree :: Bridgetree (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.
Thousand Legs :: Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm..
Damsel :: Damsel (n.) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.
Dress :: Dress (n.) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
Pompano :: Pompano (n.) A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish..
Millrind :: Millrind (n.) Alt. of Millryn.
Nonillion :: Nonillion (n.) According to the French and American notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration..
Start :: Start (v. t.) To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business..
Hopper :: Hopper (n.) A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car..
Manna Croup :: Manna croup () The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats..
Millwork :: Millwork (n.) The business of setting up or of operating mill machinery.
Mill :: Mill (n.) A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar..
Armilla :: Armilla (n.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.
Double-milled :: Double-milled (a.) Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- said of cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere..
Free-milling :: Free-milling (a.) Yielding free gold or silver; -- said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment..
Boza :: Boza (n.) An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water..
Flashboard :: Flashboard (n.) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard..
Myriapoda :: Myriapoda (n. pl.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped..
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