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Webster 1913 Edition


Milling

Mill′ing

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Noun.
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
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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
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milling in which the reduction is effected in a single crushing or grinding.
Milling cutter
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a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes.
Milling machine
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a machine tool for dressing surfaces by rotary cutters.
Milling tool
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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.

Definition 2024


milling

milling

English

Noun

milling (plural millings)

  1. The series of notches around the edge of a coin, placed there during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. Removing metal from a coin was common practice during earlier times when coins made of precious metals circulated.
  2. A grinding process using a mill

Verb

milling

  1. present participle of mill

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