- Gin mill
- Mill Mill, n. [OE. mille, melle, mulle, milne, AS. myln,
mylen; akin to D. molen, G. m["u]hle, OHG. mul[=i], mul[=i]n,
Icel. mylna; all prob. from L. molina, fr. mola millstone;
prop., that which grinds, akin to molere to grind, Goth.
malan, G. mahlen, and to E. meal. [root]108. See Meal flour,
and cf. {Moline}.]
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1. A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as
grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough,
or indented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a
bone mill.
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2. 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. [1913 Webster]
3. A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill. [1913 Webster]
4. 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. [1913 Webster]
5. 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. [1913 Webster]
6. (Die Sinking) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper. [1913 Webster]
7. (Mining) (a) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. (b) A passage underground through which ore is shot. [1913 Webster]
8. A milling cutter. See Illust. under {Milling}. [1913 Webster]
9. A pugilistic encounter. [Cant] --R. D. Blackmore. [1913 Webster]
10. Short for {Treadmill}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
11. The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, as a coin or screw. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
12. A building or complex of buildings containing a mill[1] or other machinery to grind grains into flour. [PJC]
{Edge mill}, {Flint mill}, etc. See under {Edge}, {Flint}, etc.
{Mill bar} (Iron Works), a rough bar rolled or drawn directly from a bloom or puddle bar for conversion into merchant iron in the mill.
{Mill cinder}, slag from a puddling furnace.
{Mill head}, the head of water employed to turn the wheel of a mill.
{Mill pick}, a pick for dressing millstones.
{Mill pond}, a pond that supplies the water for a mill.
{Mill race}, the canal in which water is conveyed to a mill wheel, or the current of water which drives the wheel.
{Mill tail}, the water which flows from a mill wheel after turning it, or the channel in which the water flows.
{Mill tooth}, a grinder or molar tooth.
{Mill wheel}, the water wheel that drives the machinery of a mill.
{Gin mill}, a tavern; a bar; a saloon; especially, a cheap or seedy establishment that serves liquor by the drink.
{Roller mill}, a mill in which flour or meal is made by crushing grain between rollers.
{Stamp mill} (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed by stamps.
{To go through the mill}, to experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
