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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Mill
2. 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.
3. n. corrugated edge of a coin
4. 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. 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.
5. The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill;the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intentededge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of variousshapes with rotary cutters. See Mill. High milling, milling in whichgrain is reduced to flour by a succession of crackings, or of slightand partial crushings, alternately with sifting and sorting theproduct.-- Low milling, milling in which the reduction is effected in asingle crushing or grinding.-- Milling cutter, a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for dressingsurfaces, as of metal, of various shapes.-- Milling machine, a machine tool for dressing surfaces by rotarycutters.-- Milling tool, a roller with indented edge or surface, forproducing like indentations in metal by rolling pressure, as inturning; a knurling tool; a milling cutter.
6. j:4/n:96 n. corrugated edge of a coin