Mill

Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.

My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.

[…] for the Townsfolk will go to thy mill, and grind their corn […] at their own good pleasure; nor can I hinder them, since they are free men.

On Sept. 9 a boiler exploded in Hanke's flouring mill, […]

Under the reorganization the branch mill was designated as Dah Sun Mill No. 2. In subsequent years Chang Chien had ambitious plans for further expansion. Eventually four Dah Sun mills were established, two in Nan-t'ung and one each in Ch'ung-ming and Hai-men, although plans for the founding of mills in Ju-kao, Tung-t'ai, Yen-ch'eng, and elsewhere in Kiangsu were never realized.

a cider mill; a cane mill

a lapidary mill

Several machinists were busy operating the lathes, mills, and drill presses on the shop floor.

After the drilling and tapping operations, we come in with a mill and do some contouring.

Once the billet gets through the 56-inch mill, it is ready for reheating.

My grandfather worked in a mill. He operated machinery, did maintenance, and drove forklifts.

Those shysters selling the purebreds are running quite a mill over there, eh?

Those shysters cranking out the "IT training certificates" are running quite a mill over there, eh?

Under the hood is a mill that you and I can't afford — a nitrous-blown hemi with custom heads.

They were betting big on a great mill, but they didn't realize that the fix was in.

[…] he is relieved from present responsibility to the Chicken, by the absence of that game head of poultry in the country, training (at Toots's cost) for his great mill with the Larkey Boy.

The mill lasted four rounds, when giddy little Ettie was declared the victress.

The name of the "white hope" against whom Billy was to go was sufficient to draw a fair house, and there were some there who had seen Billy in other fights and looked for a good mill.

They pulled me off the main crew and had me digging in the mill.

Near-synonym: country

The geologists were responsible for keeping the work within the mill.

They kept us in line by threatening to put us on the mill twice as long if we complained.

Next morning they put me on the treadmill along with the others: At first, not knowing how to dance it, I cut all my shin with the steps; they did not flog me then — […] They keep on putting her on the mill for a week, and flog her every time […]

He spent some time in the mill after that escapade.

In other words, get a mill in your operating position by hook or crook and use it regularly. At the N.C.R. Radio Schools touch typing is taught at the same time code proficiency is advanced.

You can read it all right, but the pencil seems to be getting a little sluggish — better make a grab for a "mill."

to mill flour

I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.

The deer and the pig and the nilghai were milling round and round in a circle of eight or ten miles radius, while the Eaters of Flesh skirmished round its edge.

As guests milled around them, he [Zuckerberg] described his goal of turning every person in the country with an internet connection into a Facebook user.

to mill cattle

Ortheris said nothing for a while. Then he unslung his belt, heavy with the badges of half a dozen regiments that his own had lain with, and handed it over to Mulvaney. "I'm too little for to mill you, Mulvaney," said he, "an' you've strook me before; but you can take an' cut me in two with this 'ere if you like."

[…]he had “milled” a policeman

This maize mills well.

Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.

And why not?—You would think little of peaching and hanging him for this Scotch affair.—Rat me, one might have milled the Bank of England, and less noise about it.

Holonyms: cent < dollar

The U.S. has never minted a mill coin, but the Coinage Act of 1792 describes this and other subdivisions of the U.S. dollar.

They predict that the rate will probably go up by several mills next year.

For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mills thick.

For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mills in diameter.

what happens when a Quest Rogue uses Vanish and Malygos gets milled?

he’s had some fairly infamous mills in other events. Back in 2017’s Spring Championships, he burned the crucial Archmage Antonidas

Kingsane ^([sic – meaning Kingsbane]) Rogue will forever have a negative connotation attached to it because it began as a mill deck, and mill is one of the most tilt-inducing strategies in fantasy card games.

Great for mill, control, or even Voltron decks, Mnemonic Betrayal is a fantastic addition regardless of your strategy.

I have endeavoured to acquire a knowledge of the Hare system, and I have read Mill upon the subject, and it seems to me that the present proposal is opposed to that system.