mill

1. n. A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. n. 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. Source: opted

7. n. A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper. Source: opted

8. n. An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. Source: opted

9. n. A passage underground through which ore is shot. Source: opted

10. n. A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling. Source: opted

11. n. A pugilistic. Source: opted

12. n. To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill; to grind; to comminute. Source: opted

13. n. To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by means of a rotary cutter. Source: opted

14. n. 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. Source: opted

15. n. To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth. Source: opted

16. n. To beat with the fists. Source: opted

17. n. To roll into bars, as steel. Source: opted

18. v. i. To swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures. Source: opted

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