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merchant mill U.S. ? Obs.
[f. merchant a. 1.]
A mill engaged in the grinding of grain for the purpose of trade.
1774P. V. Fithian Jrnl. (1900) 111 Mr. Carter's Merchant Mill begins to run to-day—She is calculated to manufacture 25,000 Bushels of Wheat a Year. 1816U. Brown Jrnl. in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1915) X. 273 He has a Merchant Mill, a Saw Mill,..all on the Waters of Bath. 1837W. Jenkins Ohio Gazetteer 68 The village contains..1 large merchant mill,..with four run of stones. 1851C. Cist Sk. Cincinnati in 1851 194 It proposes to perform in a small compass..the work of a merchant mill. 1877W. A. Johnson Hist. Anderson County, Kansas 252 In the spring of 1874 Chris. Bouch..commenced the construction of a first-class merchant mill. |