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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mill \Mill\, n. [OE. mille, melle, mulle, milne, AS. myln,
     mylen; akin to D. molen, G. m["u]hle, OHG. mul[=i], mul[=i]n,
     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. [root]108. See Meal flour,
     and cf. Moline.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as
        grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough,
        or indented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a
        bone mill.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     8. A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     9. A pugilistic encounter. [Cant] --R. D. Blackmore.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     10. Short for Treadmill.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     11. The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling
         anything, as a coin or screw.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     12. A building or complex of buildings containing a mill[1]
         or other machinery to grind grains into flour.
         [PJC]
  
     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.
  
     Gin mill, a tavern; a bar; a saloon; especially, a cheap or
        seedy establishment that serves liquor by the drink.
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mill \Mill\, n. [OE. mille, melle, mulle, milne, AS. myln,
     mylen; akin to D. molen, G. m["u]hle, OHG. mul[=i], mul[=i]n,
     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. [root]108. See Meal flour,
     and cf. Moline.]
     1. 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.
  
     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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mill bar
     n.
     (lb en ironworking) A rough bar rolled or drawn directly from a bloom
  or puddle bar for conversion into merchant iron in the mill.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  mill bar
     n.
     (lb en ironworking) A rough bar rolled or drawn directly from a bloom
  or puddle bar for conversion into merchant iron in the mill.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  mill bar
     n.
     (lb en ironworking) A rough bar rolled or drawn directly from a bloom
  or puddle bar for conversion into merchant iron in the mill.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  mill bar
     n.
     (lb en ironworking) A rough bar rolled or drawn directly from a bloom
  or puddle bar for conversion into merchant iron in the mill.

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