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   Mill , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Milled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Milling.] [See Mill, n., and cf. Muller.]
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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. [Cant]
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   To roll into bars, as steel.
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   To mill chocolate, to make it frothy, as by churning.
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   Milling , n. The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See Mill.
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   High milling, milling in which grain is reduced to flour by a succession of crackings, or of slight and partial crushings, alternately with sifting and sorting the product. -- Low milling, milling in which the reduction is effected in a single crushing or grinding. -- Milling cutter, a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes. -- Milling machine, a machine tool for dressing surfaces by rotary cutters. -- Milling tool, a roller with indented edge or surface, for producing like indentations in metal by rolling pressure, as in turning; a knurling tool; a milling cutter.
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