mill

I

[[t]mɪl[/t]]

n.

1) a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles

2) a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour and other cereal products

3) a machine for grinding, crushing, or pulverizing any solid substance:

a coffee mill[/ex]

4) mac any of various machines that modify the shape or size of a piece of work by rotating tools or the work:

rolling mill[/ex]

5) mac any of various other apparatuses for shaping materials or performing other mechanical operations

6) a business or institution that dispenses products or services in an impersonal or mechanical manner:

a divorce mill; a diploma mill[/ex]

7) sts Slang. a boxing match or fistfight

8) to grind, work, treat, or shape in or with a mill

9)

a) to make a raised edge on (a coin or the like)

b) to make radial grooves on the raised edge of (a coin or the like)

10) to beat or stir, as to a froth:

to mill chocolate[/ex]

11) sts Slang. to beat or strike; fight

12) to move around aimlessly, slowly, or confusedly (often fol. by about or around)

13) sts Slang. to fight or box

•

- through the mill

Etymology: bef. 950; OE myl(e) n < LL molīna= L mol(a) mill +-īna -ine III mill′a•ble, adj. II

mill

[[t]mɪl[/t]] n.

num a money of account equal to.001 of a U.S. dollar

•

Etymology: 1785–95, amer.; short for L millēsimus thousandth; see mil I