concrete. The framework supporting a mill (cf. stool, n. 10).

†(a) Scottish regional the profits of a mill (obsolete); (b) the opening which conveys meal from the millstones to the meal-bin (rare).

= mill case n.

Any of several pieces of wood forming part of the mechanism of a flour mill (see quots.).

In a watermill powered by a breast-shot wheel: the curved channel or casing in which the wheel turns. Cf. breastwork, n. 3f.

‘a name given in mills to a rake which moves in a circle, drawing the meal over an opening through which it falls’ (Craig 1847).

A sliding panel which is raised or lowered to regulate the flow of something; spec. (a) a sluice in a lock gate or weir; (b) a panel controlling…

In a flour mill: the part of the spindle that fits into the mill-rind of the upper millstone, typically taking the form of a rounded knob at the end…

elliptical. A silk-covered cylinder in a flour-dressing machine.

Orkney and Shetland. The platform or floor supporting the stones in a mill; spec. (in a hand mill) the wooden block or bench on which the mill rests…

An apparatus for separating the toll of grain: = toll-collector n. (c) at toll, n.1 compounds.