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milln.1 Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin molina, molinus. Etymology: Ultimately < post-classical Latin molina (late 4th cent.; from 9th cent. in British sources), use as noun of feminine singular of molinus, adjective (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian in compound molinum saxum millstone) < classical Latin mola mill (see meal n.1) + -īnus -ine suffix1. Post-classical Latin molina (and apparently also, in some cases, classical Latin mola ) were evidently borrowed into Germanic at an early date, compare Old Frisian mole (West Frisian mole ), Middle Dutch mōlen , muelen , mōle (Dutch molen , (archaic) meulen , Dutch regional mole ), Old Saxon muli (Middle Low German mȫle , moele , molle ), Old High German mulī , mulin (Middle High German mül , müle , German Mühle ), Old Icelandic mylna , Old Swedish mylna , mölna , mölla (Swedish regional mölla ), Old Danish mølnæ (Danish mølle ); the Scandinavian forms are probably ultimately borrowings < Old English or Middle Low German. Although occasional reflexes of post-classical Latin molina are found in Romance (chiefly in western Romance and only in specific senses, compare Old Occitan molina (perhaps) large mill (1274; Occitan molina horizontal waterwheel), Catalan molina mechanical saw, iron mill (1314), Portuguese moinha chaff (17th cent.)), it is from the corresponding neuter form, post-classical Latin molinum (6th cent.; from 10th cent. in British sources), that the usual word for ‘mill’ in most Romance languages is derived, compare Old French molin (c1140: compare moline n. and adj.; French moulin : compare moulin n.), Old Occitan, Occitan molin (a1148), Spanish molino (1207), Portuguese moinho (1209), Italian molino (1230–1), mulino (1238); compare also molinary adj. Slavonic languages have on the one hand masculine words for ‘mill’ ultimately borrowed < post-classical Latin molinum (compare Ukrainian mlyn , Polish młyn , Serbian mlin , Croatian mlin ), and on the other hand native feminine words (e.g. Russian mel′nica ) ultimately < the Indo-European base of meal n.1The Old English word is attested both as masculine and feminine (as are the Middle Dutch words), which has led to the suggestion that they are partly < post-classical Latin molinum ; however, change of gender in Old English (and Middle Dutch) is more likely (compare A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §521). In all other Germanic languages the cognate word is (or was) feminine. The sporadic assimilatory loss of n after l (compare β. forms) took place (in some areas) from late Old English onwards (although n is frequently retained in spelling until much later; compare kiln n., and see further E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §396). The East Anglian regional form mell is the reflex of the south-eastern Middle English form mell; the pronunciation it represents is condemned as early as 1596 as ‘the barbarous speech of your countrie people’ by Edmund Coote, headmaster of the grammar school at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk ( Eng. Schoole-maister ii. 30); the East Anglian regional form mull is perhaps in origin a low-stress variant of mell. I. Senses relating to the grinding of corn. 1. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > building society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] OE Bounds (Sawyer 618) in S. E. Kelly (2001) 280 Ærest of eadwardes mylne þæt on ða ealdan dic. OE (Corpus Cambr.) 127 Swa sceal mynster beon gestaþelod, þæt ealle neadbehefe þing þær binnan wunien, þæt is wæterscype, mylen, wyrtun and gehwylce misenlice cræftas. OE (Tiber.) (1888) lxvi. 112 Monasterium..ita debet constitui, ut omnia necessaria, id est aqua molendinum ortus [etc.]..intra in monasterium exerceantur : mynster..sceall beon gesett þæt ealle neod behefness þæt is wæter myll orceard [etc.]..wiðinnan minstre beon geganne. lOE Bounds (Sawyer 840) in J. M. Kemble (1845) III. 189 Se mylenham and se myln ðærto. lOE (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 454 Me mæig in Maio & Iunio & Iulio..weodian, faldian, fiscwer & mylne macian. a1225 ( (Winteney) (1888) 139 Þæt ealle neodbehefe þinȝ..þæt is wæter & mylne..widinne þam mynstre beo. a1350 ( in C. Brown (1932) 131 Þe kyng..saisede þe mulne for a castel. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 3 Vp on the which brook ther stant a Melle And this is verray sooth þt I yow telle. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) ii. 738 Vpon þat flood On eche-asyde many mylle stood. 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1893) xx. 51 They sawe vij myllenes, whiche stode at brygge nyghe the town and sette them a fyre. c1540 (?a1400) 1604 There were bild by the bankes of þe brode stremes, Mylnes full mony. 1547 in J. Stuart (1844) I. 250 It is lesum to ws to grind and multur our cornis..at the mill of Gilcamstoun. 1569 R. Grafton II. 526 A Miller that kept a Mill adioinyng to the wall. 1601 W. Fulbecke (1602) i. 39 She shal not so be indowed of a milne, but shall haue the third part of the profit of the milne, because the milne cannot be seuered. a1633 G. Herbert (1640) sig. A7 The mill cannot grind with the water that's past. 1766 J. Cunningham Miller in 48 In a plain pleasant cottage, conveniently neat, With a mill and some meadows. 1770 O. Goldsmith 11 The never-failing brook, the busy mill. 1806 W. Cruise VI. 477 Edward Manning, being possessed of the moiety of a farm and mill for the term of 50 years, devised his indenture of lease. 1859 W. Dickinson 11 Some farms are bound by tenure to carry their corn to the manorial mill to be multured and ground. 1903 Sept. 365/1 A leet..whose waters work the mill below. 1997 61 294 This type of mill literally straddles the mill stream, with the water flowing through two arches underneath the mill. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill OE Homily: Sermonem Angelorum Nomina (Corpus Cambr. 419) in A. S. Napier (1883) 227 Ne [on þysne dæg] mylnum nis alyfed to eornenne ne on huntað to ridenne ne nan unalyfedlic weorc to wyrcenne. a1425 (Christ Church Oxf.) Matt. xxiv. 41 Mylne [c1384 Douce 369(2) two wymmen schulen be gryndynge in oo querne]. 1535 Exod. xi. 5 The mayde seruaunte which is behynde ye myll. 1535 Matt. xxiv. 41 Two shal be gryndinge at the Myll. 1614 G. Markham i. 15 Let his food be either sodden Barly, warme Graines and salt, or Beanes spelted in a mill. 1771 T. Pennant (1794) 232 Saw here a Quern, a sort of portable mill made of two stones. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in II. xx. 135 She rested on her mill, and thus pronounced The happy omen by her lord desired. 1889 279/1 After daylight I examined the mill. It is a stone slab, about eighteen inches by three feet in size, set at an angle of about thirty degrees. 1903 22 Aug. 179/2 San-niang-tzŭ then produced a small mill and ground the wheat to flour. 1931 P. S. Buck xv. 144 With this ox tied to his mill he could grind the grain. 1970 A. Fishler in L. E. Sweet II. 204 The mill in its old form consisted of two large grinding stones, 'āʿda and hegr, which were set in motion by animal traction. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > machine or device for 1669 J. Worlidge 27 It may be purely separated from its Husk by a Mill. 1799 J. Robertson vii. 163 The barley is twice shilled, i.e. put twice through the mill, on purpose to take off the rind more compleatly. 1888 J. Bradshaw viii. 180 Why aren't you tying, or stooking..this harvest... [I] thought I'd wait till the mill [Note threshing machine] started. 1944 J. A. Lee 41 He could fork from a stack to a mill. II. Senses relating to the grinding or processing of other substances or materials. 2. society > occupation and work > workplace > factory > [noun] 1403 (P.R.O.: C 54/251) m. 27 dorso Vn Molyn appell. ffullyngmelne. 1429 in W. G. Benham (1902) 55 (MED) And forbede that no man grynde ne fulle at here milles. 1464 V. 502/2 Wollen Cloth fulled in Milles called Gygmylles and Toune Milles. 1502 in J. B. Paul (1900) II. 143 Item..to the Franch armorar to set up his harnas myln. 1596 W. Lambarde (rev. ed.) 453 Two Milles of rare deuise..the one emploied for the making of all sortes of Paper: the other exercised for the drawing of Iron into Wyres [etc.]. 1621 H. Elsynge (1870) App. 138 Ireland and Norton came back and..surprised one milne used for other works of his trade. 1630 tr. G. Botero (rev. ed.) 347 Six mills, in which they make plate for armour. 1673 J. Ray 113 (heading) The smelting and refining of silver at the silver mills in Cardiganshire. 1725 I. Watts iv. i. §1 In order to make mills and engines of various kinds. 1728 E. Chambers (at cited word) Mill, among the Gold Wire-Drawers, is a little Machine consisting of two Cylinders of Steel, serving to flatten the Gold, or Silver Wire, and reduce it into Laminæ, or Plates. 1728 E. Chambers (at cited word) There are also Silk-Mills, for spinning, throwing, and twisting Silks. 1750 c. 29 & sect. 9 No mill or other engine for slitting or rolling of iron. 1835 A. Ure 287 He [sc. Mr. Graham] cannot admit a new hand into his mill unless he has joined the combination. 1863 P. Barry 242 The productive power of this mill is astonishing: it will manufacture armour-plates from 20 to 40 feet long [etc.]. 1905 Apr. 478 He..built mills in the neighbouring villages..for the manufacture of tools [etc.]. 1919 Nov. 26/2 In the linen industry a ‘mill’ means the works where flax is spun into yarns, while a ‘factory’ means the place of the further evolution of the yarns being woven into cloth. 1975 I. McEwan (1976) 15 Back again on Monday to toil in the mills, factories, timber yards and quaysides of London. 1992 C. Giles & I. H. Goodall ii. 6/1 Even those mills which produced mixed-fibre cloths..appear to have restricted their production to a single material by buying in the warps, manufacturing their own weft, and then combining the two at the weaving stage. society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > tools used in coining > stamping-machine 1592 [see mill sixpence n. at Compounds 2]. 1636 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick (1876) II. 54 For coyning of the bulyeoun with greater expedition..by a milne nor by the hammer. 1662 Order in Council in M. Folkes (1745) 104 Several proposals..about coining his majesty's moneys by the mill and press. 1695 W. Lowndes 93 All the Moneys we have now in England..are reducible to Two Sorts..one stampt with the Hammer, and the other Prest with an Engine, called the Mill. 1797 V. 130/2 The coining engine or mill is so handy, that a single man may stamp twenty thousand planchets in one day. 1817 R. Ruding I. 139 The advantage of this machine (which is known by the name of The Mill and Screw) over the old mode of striking with an hammer, consists [etc.]. 1854 H. N. Humphreys 113 Pierre Blondeau..who had carried to perfection the..modes of stamping coins by the mill and screw, was invited to England... He produced patterns of half-crowns, shillings, and half-shillings, coined by the new mill and screw, by which means a legend was impressed for the first time upon the edge. 1932 G. C. Brooke (ed. 2) xvi. 204 He [sc. Charles I] introduced again into England the latest French machinery, with mill and screw-press, which Eloye Mestrell had used in the reign of Elizabeth. 1970 B. Hobson & R. Obojski (1971) 200 Eloye Mestrell, a worker from the Paris Mint, was brought to the Royal Mint at London where he produced coins with a mill that rolled metal to the desired thickness, cut out the blanks, and stamped them. Power was supplied by horses. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > printing > calico printing > other equipment 1839 A. Ure 218 The first roller engraved by hand is called the die; the second..is called the mill. 1875 E. H. Knight II. 1439/2 Mill,..the hardened steel roller having the design in cameo, and used for impressing in intaglio a plate..or a copper cylinder. society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > equipment for softening hides or leather > vat or receptacle a1884 E. H. Knight Suppl. 606/2 The mill is used for stuffing light leather, and for other purposes. After stoning, skiving, and shaving, the sides are put in the mill with some tan liquor to soften them and make them porous. 3. society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding 1560 T. Gresham in J. W. Burgon (1839) I. iv. 294 The Quene's Majestie should do well to macke..iiij or vi mylles for the macking of powdyr. 1596 W. Lambarde (rev. ed.) 453 Two Milles of rare deuise..the one emploied for the making of all sortes of Paper: the other exercised for the drawing of Iron into Wyres [etc.]. 1666–7 in R. Boyle (1772) VI. 551 Tin always..must be prepared..by stamping, or knocking mills, which reduce the whole body to a very small sand. 1666–7 in R. Boyle (1772) VI. 552 The tin-slag, may, by being exposed to the open air and rain for a time, be sooner prepared in the mill, and melted down. c1710 C. Fiennes (1888) 101 The mill..pounded the raggs to morter for ye paper. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in 360 The Board's with Cups and Spoons, alternate, crown'd; The Berries crackle, and the Mill turns round. 1779 J. Wedgwood Let. 9 Oct. in (1965) 242 The mob completely destroyed a set of mills valued at £10, 000. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange II. 71 The result will be a sulphate of lead of a beautiful whiteness, and exceedingly fine, if it be washed in a large quantity of water, and then carefully mixed in a mill. 1889 C. G. W. Lock 226 A new mill for reducing cement, known as Drake's cement-mill..is in form of a tube [etc.]. 1912 H. Belloc 44 Black pepper..ground large upon them in fresh granules from a proper wooden mill. 1969 P. Rado iii. 52 The body preparation plant, comprising the mill (where the materials are crushed and ground) [etc.]. 1984 in C. Kightly i. 28 They used to get their collars and ties off, and go up agin' cake mill, and they'd have it out. 1998 Winter 38/3 Grind spices as needed with this attractive mill from Greece. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > grinder 1588 T. Hariot sig. B2v There are two sortes of Walnuttes both holding oyle... When there are milles & other deuises for the purpose, a commodity of them may be raised because there are infinite store. 1676 J. Worlidge (title) Vinetum Britannicum: or, a Treatise of Cider... And a Description of the new-invented Ingenio or Mill, for the more expeditious and better making of Cider. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil 94 Then Olives, ground in Mills, their fatness boast. View more context for this quotation 1708 J. Philips 11 My mill Now grinds choice apples. 1794 J. Clark 40 The [cider] mill consists of a stone like a mill-stone (runner) set on its edge, with an axle through the center [etc.]. c1830 in (1953) 3 iii. 157 It has ever been their practice, to prevent the extension of useful practical knowledge, other than the hewing of cane fields, and feeding the mill, to the Negro. 1853 A. Ure (ed. 4) II. 284 They give the name virgin oil to that which is first obtained from the olives ground to a paste in a mill. 1873 C. Robinson 18 Cane crushed at the large mills on the Clarence. 1978 in R. Allsopp (1996) 381/2 In most estates, there are four mills through which the cane would pass. 1991 J. Richardson I. vii. 99 The Pallarèses were delighted..to have the stalwart Manuel..to help tend the olive trees and..the mill, which still produces fine oil. the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > snuff-box a1689 W. Cleland (1697) 12 Right well mounted of their ear:..With Durk, and Snap work, and Snuff-mill. 1720 A. Pennecuik (ed. 2) i. 65 A Mill with Snitian, to pepper her Nose. a1780 A. Shirrefs (1790) 215 And there, o'er pot o' beer right spruce, And mill in hand, The carls crack'd awa' fell crouse About the land. 1808 J. Jamieson (at cited word) Those, who wished to have snuff, were wont to toast the leaves.., then bruise them..in the box; which was therefore called a mill, from the snuff being ground in it. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xii, in 3rd Ser. I. 314 Carry that ower to Mrs Sma'trash, and bid her fill my mill wi' snishing. society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > performing rotary motion 1728 21 Mar. 95/1 To be Lett..A Very convenient Place for a Fellmonger or Tanner, well Water'd for either business,..and a Mill for Milling leather, if they have Occasion for it. 1839 A. Ure 1096 It [sc. the seal engraver's lathe] consists of a table on which is fixed the mill. 1839 A. Ure 1096 Having fixed the tool..in the mill, the artist applies to its cutting point, or edge, some diamond-powder. 1860 C. Tomlinson 2nd Ser. Pens 44 Each of these lengths is then pointed at each end at a machine called a mill, consisting of a circular single-cut file and a fine grit-stone. 1879 X. 663/2 The [glass] articles are held in the hand, and applied to the mill while rotating. 1882 XIV. 299/1 Another form of lapidary's mill consists [etc.]. 1964 S. Crawford (1969) vi. 147 The removal of excess metal by means of revolving multi-tooth cutters (or mills). 1994 Apr. 54/1 A sawyer operating a small, simple mill might edge them [sc. flitches] with the headsaw. III. Figurative uses. 5. a1631 J. Donne (1633) 346 They are the mills which grinde you, yet you are The winde which drives them. 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iii. iii, in II. 135 I'le gi'you leaue to put him i'the Mill, H'is no great, large stone, but a true Paragon, H'has all his corners. a1795 S. Bishop (1796) I. 303 [Law] grinds judgments, styles, modes, in the mill of Virtù. 1850 Ld. Tennyson lxxxvii. 131 Ground in yonder social mill We rub each other's angles down. View more context for this quotation 1876 H. James vii. 237 Fancy feeling one's self ground in the mill of a third-rate talent! 1997 23 May 21/2 Danton's famously pinioning and bullish oratory, Condorcet's mathematical sentences—and everyone's else's [sic] thoughts and speech—are ground down in the mill of a flat-footed prose style. the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > place of production or creation 1771 T. Smollett II. 50 He observed, that her ladyship's brain was a perfect mill for projects. 1883 Apr. 694/1 Model villages,..all turned out of the same mill. 1898 Aug. 388/1 These women, who have come through the mill of self-responsibility, will not accept the old nonsense invented for them. 1938 4 Apr. 55/1 Those Britons who reach positions of authority without passing through the mill of a great Public School almost invariably send their sons to one. 1951 20 Feb. 4/4 A rotation plan was ‘in the mill’ and would be announced soon. 1977 Y. Menuhin vii. 136 Other much-played works followed Lekeu's Sonata into the mill, delivering up to my understanding the inevitability of the notes chosen to carry the impulse of the music from start to finish. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. iv, in 200 Babel was..the earliest mill erected for the manufacture of gabble. 1867 J. G. Whittier 85 One..Who..Had left the Muses' haunts to turn The crank of an opinion mill, Making his rustic reed of song A weapon in the war with wrong. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ iii. 46 That same old weary tale that..he will tell till he dieth, every time he hath gotten his barrel full and feeleth his exaggeration-mill a-working. 1943 7 132 In spite of contradictions then current in the press, in the Government, and in the rumour mill, somebody should have been plugging away vehemently and effectively at the basic fact underlying the whole dispute. 1973 July–Aug. 2/3 If there's any truth at all in what's been processed through the industry rumour mills, the..journalists..might well be coming from the Sydney production lines. 1999 J. M. Coetzee (2000) v. 42 The gossip-mill, he thinks, turning day and night, grinding reputations. IV. Extended uses. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > bout or contest 1812 P. Egan 104 Martin..fought well;..and not till after a complete mill for three quarters of an hour..did Martin signify that he had enough. 1819 T. Moore 36 We who're of the fancy-lay, As dead hands at a mill as they. 1825 C. M. Westmacott I. 270 To cut a dash at races or a mill. 1864 vii. 77 We are waiting to see your mill with Butler Burke. 1869 R. D. Blackmore I. ii. 14 They who made the ring intituled the scene a ‘mill’, while we who must be thumped inside it tried to rejoice in their pleasantry. 1897 26 May 7/4 (heading) A fatal mill in Wales. 1906 E. Dyson xv. 198 Hot 'n' willin' was ther mills he [sc. a cat] had up under ther roof. 1922 S. Leslie ix. 102 A Sunday's quarrel between the two had been followed by a Monday's mill. 1934 D. Hammett Brother's Keeper in 17 Feb. 43/1 Across the ring they were propping Perelman up on his stool... ‘Boy, was that a mill!’ 1996 P. O'Brian ii. 51 If you want a proper mill, have a proper mill, not a God-damned pothouse brawl. 7. society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > instruments of punishment in > treadmill 1822 19 Oct. 3/3 This decrease [in crime]..is owing entirely to the heavy and tedious labour upon the prisoners at the mill. Orders had been given for the erection of several more mills in England. 1836 C. Dickens 1st Ser. I. 334 The mill's a d—d sight better than the Sessions. 1888 6 June 7/1 When after three days of the mill I got off at night I found my feet were four or five times their ordinary weight. 1957 N. Frye 178 The tricky slave, who is threatened with the mill. society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] 1851 H. Mayhew I. 352/2 A few weeks after I was grabbed for this, and got a month at the mill... When I came out of prison, I went to Epsom races. 1853 G. J. Whyte-Melville I. ix. 229 The latter worthy..gave a policeman such a licking the other night, that he was within an ace of getting ‘a month at the mill’. 1889 H. H. McConnell 194 Very few, indeed, are they who during their term of service can say: ‘They never had me in the mill.’ 1916 E. C. Garrett 21 And they put me in ‘the mill’. 1951 J. Jones iv. xlii. 636 ‘You were here when one of the old ones was in the mill, weren't you, Jack?’ ‘Two,’ Malloy said. ‘Both of them during my first stretch.’ 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner 339/1 Mill,..a prison; a guardhouse. 8. Mechanical applications. society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > mechanical 1837 C. Babbage in B. Randell (1973) 17 The calculating part of the engine may be divided into two portions..the Mill in which all operations are performed..[and] the Store. 1948 93 The early designs of Babbage for an Analytical Engine involved a ‘mill’, in which the formulas were stored and the mathematical operations carried out. 1975 16 Oct. 541/2 Like a modern computer it [sc. Babbage's analytical engine] was to have a store in which numbers could be held, and a processor known as the ‘mill’ in which the arithmetic operations would be performed. society > communication > printing > typing > typewriter > [noun] 1911 Aug. 29/1 I hammered the story off on my ‘mill’. 1922 N. A. Crawford 22 And sometimes..I'll start to say, ‘Jim, got a good cigarette?’ and turn toward his battered old ‘mill’. 1948 H. L. Mencken Suppl. II. 717 Writers' cramp was cured..on the advent of the mill, i.e., the typewriter. 1982 T. C. Mason 33 A set of earphones lay across each ‘mill’. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > other types of engine > [noun] > other specific engines 1918 Sept. 414 Motor is ‘moulin’—to start it, one ‘turns the mill’. 1937 E. C. Parsons vi. 60 To nurse one of the grunting old mills up to that height,..and keep it running for an hour, was in itself quite a stunt. 1948 H. L. Mencken Suppl. II. 724 There are others [sc. new terms] that remain the private property of the men working in automobile plants and of those who sell or repair cars. A few specimens; Bald-head. A worn tire... Mill. An engine [etc.]. 1954 R. F. Yates & B. W. Yates ii. 24 The additional motor ‘moxie’ provided by a reground camshaft is truly amazing, and all of this without running too much risk of a cranky ‘mill’ at low idling speeds. 1975 B. Garfield xv. 152 This was an old car but it must have had a souped-up mill. 1987 June 20/4 These internal aerodynamic refinements are joined by a plethora of mechanical revisions, which together create one of the sweetest mills on the market. 9. 1854 A. E. Baker II. 17 This amusement was..called Nine Men's Merrills or Nine Men's Morris... It is often called by the name of Mill. 1910 P. W. Joyce xiii. 294 A few years ago I saw two persons playing mills in a hotel in Llandudno; and my heart went out to them. 1979 24 Nine men's morris, also called mill, morelles, or merels, is one of the oldest games in Europe. 1937 Games (Chicago Park District) 21, in As soon as either player gets three men in a line he has formed a ‘mill’. 1960 R. C. Bell 93 When all the men have been entered the turns continue by moving a piece to an adjacent vacant point along a line, with the object of making a mill and capturing an enemy piece. 1992 165/2 The object all along is for the players to get three of their pieces into a straight line on the board, called a ‘mill’. 10. 1874 J. G. McCoy vi. 97 The drover swims his cow pony into the center of the mill, and, if possible, frightens the mass of struggling whirling cattle, into separation. 1897 E. Hough 146 By shouts and blows he did all he could to break the ‘mill’ and get the cattle headed properly. 1903 A. Adams iv. 27 We soon had a mill going which kept them [sc. cattle] busy and rested our horses. 1942 E. E. Dale 55 Those behind them would follow and a ‘mill’ would be established in which the animals would swim around and around in a circle until they drowned unless it were quickly broken up and the leaders again headed for the opposite shore. 1985 R. H. Low & R. Valls (1985) 24/2 At the site today, the circular shape of the animal mill is unmistakable. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [noun] > movement in circle 1961 Mill,..a mass of people..moving in a circle or without clear direction. 1971 H. Wouk xx. 277 Byron carried her luggage and some fragile gifts for her family into the mill of jabbering weeping passengers and relatives at the gate. 1986 D. Potter (1987) xviii. 154 The lobby was a mill of people. Most of the voices sounded American. 1991 D. Bolger (1992) 140 I turned and walked past the mill of youths talking outside the long-closed pub. society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > other places in mine 1878 B. Harte 75 No work was done in the ditches, in the flumes, nor in the mills. 1890 Mill, in mining, a passage or opening left for sending down stuff from the stopes to the level beneath. 1915 152 1022/1 In mining out the copper rock from this stope by the miners, it was passed or thrown downward along the foot wall to the level, through places in the stope called mills. These mills were separated by the batteries. 1900 G. Ade 93 One morning a Modern Solomon, who had been chosen to preside as Judge in a Divorce Mill, climbed to his Perch and unbuttoned his Vest for the Wearisome Grind. 1923 12 Dec. 241/2 If the United States mails have been used by self-styled medical institutions and organizations known popularly as ‘diploma mills’ for purposes of fraud in connection with the sale of degrees or diplomas. 1936 7 157 A ‘diploma mill’ in Ohio was deprived of its charter in 1900, when investigation..disclosed that the president had sold M.A. degrees for $25 each. 1949 S. Kingsley i. 50 You're still running that abortion mill, aren't you? 1962 35 117 These much-maligned ‘diploma mills’..have taken the brunt of expansion, relieving pressure on the State University of the Philippines. 1975 26 May 55/2 Many of the ‘Medicaid mills’ set up to handle poor patients in the nation's urban ghettos reap enormous profits by such practices as ‘Ping Ponging’ (passing a patient along to all the other doctors in the clinic). 1980 (Nexis) 9 Apr. 14 Some shops get animals from reputable local breeders, but others buy their dogs from ‘puppy mills’, wholesale factories where dogs are confined to cages and denied exercise and companionship. 1991 Oct. 108/2 Experts blame some misdiagnoses on poor-quality labs, called ‘mills’. 1994 16 Oct. (Mag. section) 6/1 Mary Jane Ward's 1946 book, ‘The Snake Pit’, depicted unscrupulous psychiatrists at state ‘shock mills’ using ‘little black boxes’ to jolt patients lined up on beds—the doctors earning fat fees in the process. Phrases Phrases and proverbs. c1395 G. Chaucer 389 Who so that first to mille comth, first grynt. ?1475 J. Paston in (2004) I. 593 He avysyth me to tery tyll the money be com lest þat I be vnpayed; for who comyth fyrst to the mylle fyrst must grynd. 1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 156/2 in Who first goes to the mill, first grindes. 1522 J. Skelton 107 They may garlycke pyll Cary sackes to the myll. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ sig. C2v To the next, to the next, more sacks to the Myll. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán i. 136 When there was nothing to be done at home, your Lackies..would..fright me with Snakes, hang on my back, & weigh me downe, crying, More sackes to the Mill. 1738 J. Swift 403 Now, colonel, come sit down on my lap; more sacks upon the mill. 1811 S. T. Coleridge 12 Oct. (1959) III. 338 Fortune seems to be playing ‘More Sacks on the Mill’ with me. 1888 B. Lowsley 112 Moor zacks to mill, a favourite game with children at Christmas time, when wishing for one of a romping character. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie x. 201 Ordeals. The following ordeals, or ones similar, appear to be common to many schools in Britain... Piling On. This is done either ‘to hurt a person if he has done wrong’, after he has been forcibly thrown to the ground, or, as opportunity occurs, during rough play, when somebody accidentally falls... In New Zealand the common call is ‘Sacks to the mill’, a formula which was known in Oxfordshire until the end of the nineteenth century. 1546 J. Heywood ii. v. sig. Hivv Much water go by the myll, That the myller knoweth not of. 1594 W. Shakespeare ii. i. 86 More water glideth by the mill Than wots the Miller of. View more context for this quotation 1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 2/2 in Much water passeth by the Mill, that the Miller is not aware of. 1721 J. Kelly 256 Mickle Water goes by that the Miller wats not of. That is, People who have much among their Hands, will have Things broken, lost, and purloyned, of which they will not be sensible. 1578 G. Whetstone i. iv. sig. Bivv Were you borne in a myll, curtole? you prate so hye. 1616 T. Draxe Bibliotheca Scholastica in (1918) 42 361 Deafnesse... Borne in a mill. 1778 H. Brooke v. iv. 195 Did you think dthat dthe court vwas baarn in a mill, dthat dthey mustn't hear dtheir own ears for you? 1573 J. Sanford tr. L. Guicciardini f. 110 All draw water to their owne mill. 1649 J. Howell 10 Lewis the eleventh..could well tell how to play his game, and draw water to his owne Mill. 1677 W. Hughes ii. viii. 118 The Invention of bringing more water to the Popes Mill. 1862 A. Hislop 58 Every miller wad weise the water to his ain mill. a1633 G. Herbert (1640) sig. D2v Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure. 1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 70/2 in God's mill grinds slowly, but bitter is his bran. 1797 S. Charnock xii. 524 The heathens..expressed it by this proverb, ‘The mills of the gods grind slowly’. 1846 H. W. Longfellow tr. F. Von Logau Retribution in 132 Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small. 1866 H. H. Brownell Bay Fight in 21 The Mills of God are grinding slow, But ah, how close they grind! 1929 W. K. Smith 37 The inevitable workings of the mills of the gods that grind slowly but surely. 1989 R. Hart vii. 106 Military record keepers were like the mills of God. They ground slow, and exceeding small, but only at their own pace. the world > action or operation > operation upon something > exert operative influence [verb (intransitive)] > experience some action or influence 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in 2nd Ser. III. 96 Frank here won't hear of our putting her through the mill. 1837 9 356 I had been ‘through the mill’ of a pre-concerted, artificial revival. 1868 H. Woodruff & C. J. Foster vi. 76 It was thought that they would be ruined for service if they were ‘put through the mill’. 1887 Jan. 10 Certain persons who have gone through the mill of what is known as our ‘higher education’. 1903 G. Gissing 138 His hardships were never excessive; they did not affect his health or touch his spirits; probably he is in every way a better man for having..‘gone through the mill’. 1918 May 42 Did you know when you joined the U.S. Marines just how you'd get put through the mill? 1940 H. Read ii. i. 75 A boy who is destined to be a teacher, a doctor, a technician or a scientist, must go through the mill and acquire the necessary qualifications. 1965 1 July 21/1 I am a collector—and one who has gone through the mill. I started..in the basement with bus tickets. 1994 May 58/1 Say I'm black, poor, uneducated, inarticulate, have no lawyer, have been put through the mill: I haven't got a chance. a1854 E. Grant (1988) II. xxviii. 281 When they make their own work, they make a mill of it—they can't sit idle and they never appear to consider the consequence of their impulsive acts. Compounds C1. Several of these compounds (mill-bridge, brook, -burn, -close, etc.) survive chiefly in place names. a. 1832 J. P. Kennedy I. xv. 155 With the large canvass mill-bags spread out for saddles. 1851 R. Glisan 2 Apr. (1874) vi. 58 I..endeavored to throw him in a mill-bag style across my saddle. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. Vpon fall of Millars-bridge in G. de S. Du Bartas (1621) 615 This Mill-bridge, having fasted long from corn, Is drown'd (perhaps) for having ground too-much. 1704 21 Aug. 2/2 At Mr. Joseph Hiller's House near the Mill-bridge in Boston. 1833 Ld. Tennyson 41 I stepped upon the old mill-bridge. 1910 I. 19/1 (in figure) Ground-plan of Fountains Abbey,..X. Guest-houses. Y. Mill bridge. Z. Gate-house. 1999 (Nexis) 28 Nov. 4 Chris..[has] been studying the ruins of a mill bridge across the river. OE Bounds (Sawyer 1008) in J. M. Kemble (1846) IV. 105 And swa andlang mearce on mylebroces ford. 1636 in H. M. Burt (1898) I. 159 The lotts..are ordered to lye adjoining to Mill Brooke. 1864 T. L. Nichols I. ii. 20 Grist-mills which ground our corn, and saw-mills which supplied our timber, were upon a mill brook. 1894 H. W. Longfellow 340/1 The mill-brook rushed from the rocky height. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 148 All our modern mill-builders [etc.]. 1850 Dec. 673/2 It is this fact..which has conferred on him his reputation as a mill builder. 1992 Nov. 40/4 Clecim, a French-based mill builder..has specified two of the latest..X-ray systems for..a hot rolling mill at Mariupol in the Ukraine. 1852 14 Aug. 378 The whole breadth between the island and the main land is covered with the mill buildings and the necessary weirs, dams, flood-gates, and bridges. 1866 ‘M. Twain’ (1967) 265 The mill building and the tall chimney stand out. 1992 C. Giles & I. H. Goodall ii. 30/2 Italianate detailing, like the use of Palladian motifs which preceded it, was frequently applied selectively to mill buildings. OE Will of Wynflæd (Sawyer 1539) in D. Whitelock (1930) 10 Þæt man finde of þam yrfe æt Ceorlatun[e healfes] pundes wyrþne saulsceat to Mylenburnan [prob. Milborne Port, Dorset].] lOE Bounds (Sawyer 422) in M. A. O'Donovan (1988) 25 Andlang lace, to mylenburnan, þonne andlang streames oþ gifle. 1165–1214 in C. Innes (1837) 55 Quo mulneburne cadit in Ar. 1512 f. 17v The milburne. 1834 3 254/1 The young M'Callums were..important allies in ..catching minnows in the mill-burn. 1898 Shetland News 19 Mar. in (at cited word) The millburns, and the quaintly diminutive native mills, working horizontally. 1769 73 His servant-man..carried him into the mill-close. 1875 Nov. 434/2 Shakespeare's signet-ring..was found..in the year 1810, by a laborer's wife, upon the surface of a mill-close, adjoining Stratford church-yard. 1343–5 Manorial Documents in (1936) 34 51 (MED) Bladi vocati milnecorn. 1547 in D. W. Crossley (1975) 61 Item received for mill Corne solde hoc anno xiii s viii d. a1679 R. Wild (1689) i. 9 He'd been a pretty Fellow, but that they fed him with Mill-Corn and Pottage. 1770 L. Carter 10 Apr. (1965) I. 385 There is a public story now of his..maintaining all his people out of my mill Corn. 1557 in J. Raine (1853) 93 At the barne..the melne geare. 1691 in H. W. Richardson (1888) IV. f. 135 With all..milldamms mill Ponds head Wares And going Mill gears. 1851 F. Overman (title) The moulder's and founder's pocket guide: a treatise on..the moulding of machine frames, mill-gear, hollow-ware, [etc.]. 1928 A. E. Pease 50/1 Gear, moveable property of any kind…Housegear, farmgear, millgear, &c. 1998 (Electronic ed.) 15 July Quality concerns with a modified filtration process used in one of our two casting areas led to a significantly higher internal product rejection rate, while a hot mill gear box failure halted production for five days. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ 364 The appropriate modes described under the article ‘Mill-geering’. 1994 100 613 Everyday supplies such as card brushes,..dressing machines, and mill gearing were also supplied from Manchester. 1840 2 413 The mill girl from the country, within three or four miles of Leeds, is seemly in her person, and generally decorous in her deportment. 1856 J. G. Whittier 18 O mill-girl watching late and long the shuttles' restless play! 1932 22 Sept. 668/2 A couple of mill-girls whose morals..are easy but not free. 1972 R. Allen xx. 113 Randy rugger players and mill-girls willing to go into a tackle together. 1853 5 Feb. 249 Both sexes, of course, have more inclination and vigor for self-improvement after ten, than they had after twelve hours of mill-labor. 1871 C. Lanman 123 In the lumber woods it is estimated that 10,250 men were employed at wages varying from $20 to $25 per month with board; mill labor, $2 and $2.50 per day. 1989 (Nexis) 3 June b3 By selling unprocessed logs, the U.S. balance of trade misses out on the benefit of value added by American mill labor. 1852 16 82 He may have addressed anti-tariff communications to the Journal of Commerce, and probably figures as a desperate and determined opponent of all ‘mill lords’ and ‘monopolies’. 1880 B. Disraeli II. xxvii. 278 Perhaps we shall get rid of them all some day—landlords and mill-lords. 1994 (Nexis) 19 Aug. 30 He dazzled investors with elaborate tales of..his $8 million–$10 million fortune, partly inherited from his family, who were mill lords in the Lowell-Lawrence area. 1746 16 Nov. Seven Acres..to be laid out to the Right of the 30 Acre Mill-Lot, granted to Thomas Richardson. 1804 2 Aug. (Suppl.) 4/1 They will sell..The Mill and Mill lot. 1848 C. T. Brooks 60 (note) Edward Pellham..became possessed by marriage of the mill lot. 1988 (Nexis) 30 Jan. 1 A leisure complex featuring spaceflight simulation facilities..will be raised on a vacant mill lot made available by idled furnaces. 1712 178 Ordered. That the Gentlemen who are the Mill Owners, be notified [etc.]. 1794 in (Brit. Mus.) (1942) VII. 120 We defy the Mill Owners! 1835 A. Ure 348 Assassins who had hired themselves..to murder mill-owners. 1941 W. J. Cash iii. iii. 390 Some few of the more intelligent millowners had by now concluded that unionization was perhaps inevitable. 1992 19 Apr. 3/2 Business has taken a beating..thanks to..mill-owners opting for direct negotiations with up-country sellers. 1674 W. Cunningham (1887) 27 Being a miller [he] pays nothing till the ordinary terme of mill rents, which is Lammas of the succeeding year. 1894 R. S. Ferguson 165 Mills..still pay mill-rents to this day. 1994 (Nexis) 7 Aug. 8 You must excuse the metaphors for you will not find one in the 207 published volumes of the Victoria History. Mill rents yes, and the profits of fisheries. 1835 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xii, in Mar. 454/2 It being part of Rory's trade to prepare mill-rollers and other large pieces of hard-wood required for the estates below. 1895 June 665/1 The general character of the mills at this time, however, and up to 1850 and later, was crude and primitive. Generally the mill rollers were wooden. 1997 (Nexis) 2 Nov. (Review Suppl.) 65 Wheat germ is removed by millers when making white flour because..(d) It clogs the mill rollers. 1615 in M. Wood (1931) VI. 129 The fermoreris of thair mylnis to give mylne rowme to David Ritchie, baxter, to brek thrie furletis of multer of mayne flour. 1696 No. 3186/4 Ordered that none but..those concerned in the Coinage, be permitted to enter the Melting-houses, Mill-rooms [etc.]. 1833 B. Silliman 45 The length of the mill-room A is 64 feet. 1952 111 159/2 Where the roof over the drug room joins that over the mill room there is a reinforced concrete Warren girder. 1654 in (1883) II. 42 Henry Webb..doth Couenant..to majnetajne his said pt of the damme and all other repajrations..about the mill sluces. 1844 H. Stephens I. 273 The protective effects of running water, such as water-falls from mill-sluices. 1988 J. Purseglove i. 9 Just opposite the point where the brook..joins the Erewash..stands a mill sluice. 1665 T. Stanley tr. Ælian vii. iv. 146 Pittacus exceedingly commended a Mill, making an Encomium upon it, for that many persons may exercise themselves in little compass. There was a common Song hence called a Mill-Song. 1889 Sept. 249/1 A song that, accompanied by the sound of the stones crushing the parched grain,..made one almost ready to believe..one had been awakened by the mill song of the people of ancient Egypt. 1993 J. Purser Timeless Heritage of Mus. in J. M. Fladmark xxiv. 305 There are mill songs, coal-mining songs, protest songs. 1570 in (London County Council) (1909) 67 All manner of persons that haue anye cause to complaine either for the Mille walle or Sluce caled Duffildes Sluce & the levye Chargeable to the same lett them come in at the next Courte daye. 1870 W. Morris I. i. 157 While the smooth millwalls white and black Shook to the great wheel's measured clack. 1987 A. Pilling 131 He was soon leaning his bike against the mossy mill wall. 1824 I. 246 A saw mill torn down and twelve thousand of boards in the mill-yard carried away. 1936 Sept. 288/1 I saw the mill cat crossing the wall from our garden to the mill yard. 1989 lxxxviii. 20 It is natural that, for the old lady, the empty mill-yard should cause regret for the demise of local industry and way of life. b. 1925 2 Apr. 9 To import into this country a sufficient number of mill-cut houses to supply the shortage. 1998 (Electronic ed.) 2 Nov. 16 The camp was made of mill-cut lumber and corrugated metal; it opened onto the river. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ 389 Mill-spun yarn answers better for the coarse as well as the finer fabrics. 1987 16 440 South Indian hand-weavers..remained viable after Independence because of English, Japanese, and domestic mill-spun yarn. C2. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > band or strap 1858 P. L. Simmonds 247/2 Mill-band maker, a manufacturer of bands for machine shops, and for driving wheels. 1869 21 App. 103 Manufacturers of..Engine Hose, Fire Buckets, Mill Bands, &c. 1957 J. Braine ix. 86 The smells of East Warley tugging at me for attention..—malt, burning millband, frying fish. 1859 14 Jan. 128/2 Machinery for the manufacture of ‘hard-tapped’ and ‘soft laid’ twine, ‘mill banding’ strands for ropes. 1894 11 Dec. 7/4 Unpuncturable Canvas Lining, for mill-banding, driving belts,..and cycle tyres. 1426–7 in A. F. Leach (1911) 310 (MED) Iuxta le scole-house ac le Millebank. 1579 in (London County Council) (1909) 319 John Johnston & John Hardyn to Cope & fille all ther mylle bankes from the mille all alonge the Thames wall. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > bar-iron > types of 1839 A. Ure 706 Passing through the remaining grooves till it comes to the square ones, where it becomes a mill-bar. 1839 A. Ure 707 This iron called mill-bar iron, is however of too inferior a quality to be employed in any machinery. 1856 11 258 They may be driven in or out of the dogs by the same blows of the mill bar. 1399 in (1903) 58 351 (MED) [Two carpenters..mending] le mulbede. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ 406 Fig. 436 represents the section of a mill-bed. 1852 Oct. 391 As the juice runs from the mill-bed, it falls into the first, second, and third strainers, in succession. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > member of genus Blatta (cockroach) 1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Osbeck I. 170 The Mill beetles..annually come in ships from the East Indies. 1839 P. Buchan in 2nd Ser. 118 Like the thud o' a waukin mill beetle. society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > adze > [noun] > for dressing stone > for dressing millstones 1582–3 in M. A. Havinden (1965) 141 Syx mylbyls and two boxing chissels. 1631 J. Winthrop Let. 28 Mar. in (1825) (modernized text) I. App. 381 Bring..mill stones..with bracings ready cast, and rings, and mill-bills. 1897 in 27 Mill Picks and Bills to order. 1999 T. Quinn & P. Felix 105 The stones are cut or dressed in two ways: the main furrows Mildred leaves to the millwright; the tiny chisel cuts, or stitching, she makes herself (using what's known as a ‘mill bill’) in the flat areas between the larger grooves. 1877 35 518 Complainants had a large quantity..of timber..in their mill-boom at East Tawas. 1945 T. H. Raddall 273 The logger had come from the picking gap above the mill booms. the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [noun] > a tear > in cloth 1552 c. 6 §27 If..Cloth..prove..to be full of Holes, Mill-bracks, or to be holely. 1859 (ed. 2) 74 Bundle of Paper (mill bundle), a parcel of paper tied in one bundle as it comes from the mill. 1993 (Nexis) Oct. (Contact Heat-treatment Suppl.) 2 Frequent examples are tube [sic] in all bore sizes, both in the mill bundle and after complex manipulation. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > in specific form or state 1839 A. Ure 629 The mill-cake powder of Waltham Abbey is submitted to a mean theoretic pressure of 70 to 75 tons per superficial foot. 1875 E. H. Knight II. 1440/2 Mill-cake,..the mass of hulls and parenchyma remaining after the expression of linseed-oil. a1877 E. H. Knight III. 2004/1 Runner-ball, (Gunpowder) a wooden disk which crushes the mill-cake through the meshes of the sieves in granulating gunpowder. 1998 G. I. Brown ii. 21 The resulting hard mass, called mill-cake or press-cake, could be compacted even further between plates in a hydraulic press, and cake of different densities could be made by altering the duration and intensity of the milling. 1856 15 Mar. 212 The shaft..as it rotates, gives motion to the saw mill carriage by means of a rack and pinion.] 1862 11 Oct. 238 Both knees of a mill carriage may be operated simultaneously and with an equal movement. 1993 (Nexis) 28 Aug. f1 Trees still need to be felled, bucked, hauled to the sawmill and loaded on the mill carriage. 1594 H. Plat 56 The worme..which is found in a mil-case, or where Bakers vse to boult their meale. 1611 R. Cotgrave at Archure A..mill-case; the open chest that holds the mill-stones. 1834 J. R. McCulloch (ed. 2) 497/2 Mill cases each 1s. 0d. 1869 Aug. 648 Mill-cinder, at $2 50 per ton. 1881 9 113 Bulldog, a refractory material used as furnace-lining, got by calcining mill-cinder. 1970 84 605 For 1880, 1890, and 1900, the values of scrap iron and mill-cinder were readily available. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of implements > [noun] > mill-clack the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > clapper 1264–5 Manorial Documents in (1936) 34 54 (MED) Milcloc. 1638 J. Ford iii. 39 His tongue troules like a Mill-clack. 1694 T. D'Urfey ii. ii. 19 I was a Babbler, a Mill-clack, and every foot a Hound. 1720 W. R. Chetwood ii. i. 16 Hold thy Tongue, thou Mill-Clack, thou Bell-Clapper, thou Water-Fall. 1866 July 99 On his departure, the suppressed tongues went like mill-clacks. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner 232/2 (caption) Azure, a mill-clack fesswise, Or. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > clapper c1200 ( Latin-Old Eng. Gloss. (Bodl. 730) in (1981) 62 205/2 Scarioballum i, mulne cleper. 1692 T. D'Urfey i. i. 4 So great an admirer of the eternal Mill-clapper, Mrs. La Pupsey. 1696 P. A. Motteux ii. 16 My Heart beats like any Mill-clapper. 1774 D. Garrick i. i. 2 The river is flowing, The mill-clapper going, But the miller's asleep in his mill. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ (new ed.) 125/2 Mill clapper, a Woman's tongue. 1885 Aug. 137/2 Then both cried out together, so that it was like listening to a mill clapper. a1250 (?a1200) (Nero) (1952) 31 Auh moni punt hire word uorte leten mo vt. as me deð water etter mulne cluse. 1554 in (1958) 7 49 For ane myll clous byggyn in tymmar stayne wark and workmanschip. 1615 in (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) II. 103 Ric. Cuthbert presented for pulling-up the mill-clowes. 1824 J. Mactaggart 341 Mill-cloose,..the boxed wood-work which conducts the water into mill wheels. 1664 J. Evelyn (1729) i. xx. 108 The Wild-cornel or Dog-wood good to make Mill-Cogs, Pestles, [etc.]. 1707 J. Mortimer (1721) II. 42 The Timber is useful for Mill-coggs. 1858 P. L. Simmonds 185/1 Hackia, a wood..used for mill cogs and shafts. 1899 M. J. Cawein 10 The old mill-wheel, That made the rolling mill-cogs snore and reel. 1955 G. Grigson 204 Evelyn recommended the timber..for millcogs, pestles, spikes, and wedges. the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-race 1804 M. Edgeworth Rosanna viii, in II. 193 The neighbours all joined in restoring the water to the mill-course. 1871 Feb. 631/1 The great tide of the Bay of Fundy was sweeping out of the river like a mill-course. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > that turns mill or spit 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright (1861) II. 53 Thou, as blynde Bayarde, berkest at the mone as an olde mylne dog when he bygynnith to dote. 1793 W. Wordsworth 27 At long intervals the mill-dog's howl. 1855 6 Jan. 132/1 A perspective view of an improvement in saw mill dogs, for which a patent was granted to T. H. Russell, of Taftsville, Vt.] 1877 24 May Parties are attempting to introduce Mill Dogs which are infringements of mine. 1880 28 Jan. A. Rogers..is the inventor and owner of a mill dog. 1894 A. B. Gomme I. 29 The miller's mill-dog lay at the mill-door, And his name was Little Bingo. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > siftings or refuse 1354–5 in H. J. Hewitt (1929) 41 (MED) Mulnedust. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo i. ii. f. 18/1 The place..muste be playstred with floure of barleye, and wyth myldust. 1822 J. M. Good I. 257 There can be little doubt that much of the mill-dust..is derived from the powder furnished by these [mill-]stones. 1855 T. B. Read 27 E'en as they bear the mill-dust on their garments. 1996 (Electronic ed.) 29 Apr. b1 The Washburn A flour mill in Minneapolis exploded May 2, 1878. Clouds of mill dust suspended in the air acted like gunpowder when ignited; the blast shook the city and killed 18 workers. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > other parts of mills 1611 Brechin Test. II. in f. 139 To Alexander Carnegie master of the ground for the ferme of the mylne eie and mylne landis of Balnabrich cropt forsaid xvj bollis meill. a1642 H. Best (1984) 109 Measure the meale therein..just as it commeth from the millne-eye and afore it bee tempsed. 1679 in L. B. Taylor (1961) VI. 167 They will have no les nor the fyft boll of the haill deanrie..and will grant no tacks bot only at that rait and will have the..mylne eyes includit at the same rait. 1755 Session Papers in (1965) VI. (at cited word) A lippie out of the Boll, as the same after grinding falls from the Mill-eye. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ 147 To find the weight of a quantity of stone equal to the mill-eye. 1893 R. O. Heslop Mill-eye, the orifice through which the flour is discharged from the outer-casing which surrounds a pair of millstones. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > other fevers 1850 J. Myles 24 The cause of this sickness, which is known by the name of the ‘mill fever’, is the pestiferous atmosphere. 1889 30 Mar. 704/1 The disturbance of health called ‘mill-fever’, which attacks young hands. 1985 Sept. 108/2 Dr. Lawrence noted her history of emphysema but added that he could not rule out the possibility of byssinosis, or ‘mill fever’, a chronic industrial disease associated with prolonged inhalation of cotton dust. a1225 ( Bounds (Sawyer 621) in S. E. Kelly (2001) 267 Þonne a be hagan to mylen felda. a1540 Rental Abbot of Shrewsbury in 6 350 The myll feld. 1650 in xi Three colts in the Millfield. 1741 E. Pelham Will in C. T. Brooks 15 (note) An old stone windmill [in] the mill field or upper field. 1999 (Electronic ed.) 4 May The day used to begin with a parade..[which] was headed by a band to the mill field in The Avenue. 1855 24 Mar. 222 The patent saw filing machine..files every tooth true and smooth, and in the course of one season saves the price of itself in mill files used in a saw mill. a1884 E. H. Knight Suppl. 605/1 Mill File, a thin flat file used in machine shops for lathe work and draw filing. 1994 Nov. 16/2 Use a flat or round-edge mill file for big teeth, a crosscut file..for general purpose, a..cantasaw file for long-pointed teeth. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > type of finish 1907 C. F. Cross & E. J. Bevan (ed. 3) x. 270 In hand-made paper the ‘mill-finish’ is obtained by pressing the sheets of paper one against another. 1952 E. J. Labarre (ed. 2) 163/2 Mill finish is synonymous with machine finish, and merely indicates that the paper has received its finish on the paper-machine. 1999 Apr. 84/1 Each size is available in either standard mill finish or smart green powder coat finish. the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-race 1475–6 in J. T. Fowler (1901) III. 646 Pro le scowrynge medietatis de le mylnfleme. 1486–7 in J. T. Fowler (1901) III. 650 Super le mylnfleme. 1841 R. E. Landor i. 235 By this watery world Of stranded barges, causeways, mill-fleams, ferries. 1999 (Nexis) 19 Aug. 3 A stretch of Markeaton Brook called Mill Fleam. 1807 J. Duncan i. 39 The quantity of yarn wound upon the mill, in going from the upper to the lower pins and returning, is generally called by warpers a mill gang. 1875 E. H. Knight II. 1440/2 Mill-gang,..that part of the warp which is made by a descending and ascending course of the threads round the warping-mill. 1877 R. W. Raymond 316 The mill-gold of these veins is usually worth $15, coin, per ounce. 1877 R. W. Raymond 289 The following is the currency and gold value of mill-gold. society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > industrial worker > in mill 1619 in M. E. Grimwade (1984) i. 227 Alan Gibbins, mill hand, Long Melford. 1847 17 July 341 We observe by our last English exchanges that numbers of artisans and mill hands were leaving the manufacturing towns in England, for Russia. 1941 W. J. Cash iii. ii. 268 The automobile our millhand held on to would commonly be a limping old jaloppy, fit to incite titters downtown. 1995 Sept. 41/1 The high-paying jobs as miners, millhands, electricians, mechanics and other tradespeople, were reserved for Southerners. 1450 in C. Innes (1856) II. 85 His part of the brygyn of the myl hed. 1652 W. Blith viii. 43 Such Mills..as are kept up, or dammed so high, as that they boggyfie all the Lands that lye under their Mill-head. 1805 R. W. Dickson I. Pl. xviii The mill-head is erected on a floor about seven or eight feet above the ground floor. 1879 July 339 I thought thee was going to jump into the mill-head! society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > nail > round-headed 1790 (Royal Soc.) 80 153 The insertion of a small mill-head key, on a square pin fitted to receive it. society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > nail > round-headed 1805 23 296 By the help of the mill-headed nut. 1587 (1814) III. 480 The lordschip..of Vchiltrie..with..the..milnelandis milne holme. 1854 A. E. Baker II. 21 Mill-holm, a small meadow, appurtenant to a water-mill. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > other parts of mills 1611 R. Cotgrave Archure, a mill-hoope, or mill-case; the open chest that holds the mill-stones. society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding > parts of the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > hopper 1568 Lichtoun in W. T. Ritchie (1928) II. 270 Ane pair of hois maid of ane auld myll hopper. 1833 Aug. 131 I began, proceeded, and completed my enunciation of the verb,..the words running from my tongue like corn from a mill-hopper. 1858 T. Carlyle I. v. vi. 602 A stiff-backed, close-fisted old gentleman, with mill-hopper chin. 1882 J. Smith 55 Yer yatter, yatter, yattering millhapper o' a jaundiced tongue. c1343 in J. T. Fowler (1899) II. 543 2 Milnyrenes. 1486 in W. Fraser (1868) I. 170 The said myl irnys and vther grath tharof. 1600–2 Montrose Burgh Treasurer's Accts. in (at cited word) For the milnyrnis furth of Dundie. 1805 J. Sibley in (1852) II. App. 1100 It is only a few years ago that the mill irons and mill stones were brought down. 1837 W. Jenkins 276 Large quantities of iron are here manufactured into hollow ware, mill irons, and other articles. 1950 C. W. Scott-Giles (rev. ed.) vi. 50 The cross moline is said to have derived its name and form from the iron at the centre of a mill-stone, and the charge termed a mill-iron, mill-rind or fer-de-moline, is sometimes represented as a cross moline pierced at the centre. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > that turns a piece of machinery 1612 B. Jonson iii. iii. sig. G2v Would you haue me stalke like a Mill-Iade, All day, for one, that will not yeeld vs Graynes? View more context for this quotation society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > other types of servant the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > miller > miller's assistant c1380 in J. Spottiswoode (1847) 274 Adam Milneknave de Carfrae. 1582 in J. Anderson (1899) 259 We fermoraris of Crummy auchit to scheis the mile knaif of ouir mile at ouir schesing and nocht be schosin be the multraris. 1609 J. Skene tr. Statute William in f. 3 All they quha hes milns..sall haue ane maister, and tua servants mil-knaves. 1728 A. Ramsay 140 Mill-knaves..Whase kytes can streek out like raw plaiding. 1827 J. Watt 75 Wee sykes a' jowin' like mill-lade. 1868 W. Peard iv. 39 The dangers produced by mill-lades and sluices. 1931 M. E. Angus 14 Joan, Joan the bonnie maid, She rinses claes in the cauld mill-lade. 1989 Feb. 489 In Scotland, eels used to be the perk of the miller, and there were often traps on mill lades. 1434 (1814) 22 That the breif..haf cours..alanerly of watter gangis that is to 'say of miln leidis. 1609 J. Skene tr. Chalmerlane Air in c. 11 §4 Myllers..take the fry, or smolts of salmon, in the mylne dame or lead, contrair the ordinance of the law. 1897 21 Apr. 6/2 The water flowing in the mill-lead. 1910 I. 21/2 To the east may be traced the site of the abbey mill, with its dam and mill-lead. 1891 May 101 The shades of green in our mill-lodges are continually changing. 1891 23 Dec. 3/2 A number of boys were skating on a mill lodge at Stubbins, near Bury. 1795 T. B. Hazard (1930) 171/2 I helpt brother Robert flote mill logs to mill. 1849 D. Nason 99 I asked the guide if there were any mill-logs among it. 1998 (Nexis) 28 Apr. e1 (caption) Mike Gonce runs a hand saw to mill logs for Battle Creek Log Homes. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for privilege > [noun] > of grinding corn 1287 in W. Brown (1902) I. 61 [In Newland] milnemale [6d.]. 1496 in J. D. Marwick (1869) I. 71 With the myln males as said. 1692 in J. D. Marwick (1880) IV. 633 The miln mealls. society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > milled and pressed coin a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine i. iii, in (1647) sig. Gg/2 Only to live to make their children scourge-sticks, And hoord up mill-money. 1718 in G. Lamoine (1992) 101 As to Mill-money, its High Treason to make or assist in making Puncheons, Edgers, or other Tools, for the coyning of Mill'd-money. 1931 C. Oman xxvii. 279 The first ‘mill money’ had been struck in Paris ten years before (1552) for King Henry II. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > member of genus Blatta (cockroach) 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in (rev. ed.) 998 There are three sorts of Blattæ; the soft Moth, the mill Moth, and the unsavoury or stinking Moth. 1857 F. Gerhard 256 The prairie teems with grasshoppers and crickets, and many a dwelling is pestered with mill-moths (Blatta). 1977 G. Vevers tr. H. Mourier & O. Winding 64/1 Mill moth larvae prefer wheat flour, but will also feed on all sorts of grains, cereals, seeds, macaroni, dried fruits, cocoa, nuts and almonds. 1874 R. W. Raymond 292 The stamp-mill ore is passed through the mill belonging to the mine.] 1876 H. T. Williams 187/2 The assay determines its fineness and value, which is stamped upon it, and it is then shipped and sold. It goes into the mill ore from the mine, and comes out silver in bars. 1999 (Nexis) 14 May 365 The new reserve figures assume a cut-off grade of 0.67 g/t Au (recovered) for the mill ore. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. cccxxv. 507 Sir George of Besmede..bare in his armes syluer, a myllpyn gowles, a border endented gowles. 1611 T. Ravenscroft sig. Fiv When she came to the merry mill pin, humble dum, humble dum, Lady Mouse beene you within? tweedle, tweedle twino. c1450 Treat. Fishing in J. McDonald et al. (1963) 163 Weeres, flode gates, and mylle pittes. 1666 J. Bunyan §198 I did liken myself..unto..a child that was fallen into a mill-pit, who, though it could make some shift to scrabble and sprawl in the water, yet [etc.]. 1470 in (1930) 69 Behynd the myln pot. 1630 Order in R. Griffiths (1746) 66 No Fisherman..shall use..any Weel called a Lomb, or a Mill-Pot, or any other Engine, with the Head thereof against the Stream. 1795 Session Papers in (1965) VI. (at cited word) The awes of the wheels were not above three-eighths of an inch from the sole or bottom of the mill-pot. the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > capacity for exertion of mechanical force > water-power 1833 22 June 167/3 This stream..at some after time may be turned to account as a mill power. 1903 24 983 Wherever water~power is sold it is customary to use the turbines as meters... From tables and curves made up from..tests of..turbines,..data are obtained from which to compute the actual discharge. This is referred to a given head and thence reduced to mill-powers, the values of which vary with the locality. 1911 XIV. 92/2 A mill-power is defined as 38 cub. ft. of water per sec. during 16 hours per day on a fall of 20 ft. This gives about 60 h.p. effective. 1991 May 67/1 They often included an estimate of how many mills it [sc. a stream] would operate... One might say that they assessed streams for ‘mill power’. 1734 in H. H. Metcalf & O. G. Hammond (1914) II. 508 I also give unto my son..the one half of my mill Priviledge on the southerly side of ye River at Lole-End. 1892 134 Many mill privileges with excellent water power are afforded. 1994 99 694 A change of seigneur could lead to changes in agents, notaries, and their practices, and it often determined who obtained specific mill-privileges or timber rights. 1854 H. N. Humphreys 113 They are exceedingly well executed by the mill process, and have the laureated bust of the protector, with olivar. d.g. [etc.]. 1897 Feb. 202/1 They have a large amount of gravel that will pay from three dollars to five dollars per ton, mill process. 2000 (Nexis) 21 Feb. d2 In 1813, the Boston Manufacturing Co. of Waltham, Mass., began operating the first cotton mill with the entire mill process under one roof. 1624 in J. S. Moore (1981) 35 A smalle feather Bedd praisd with the bolster bellonging to it..a Mill puffe Bed..together with a feather bolster. 1741 in J. S. Moore (1976) 285 One bedstead and Green Print furniture, a Milpuff Bed and Bolster. 1851 III. 496/1 Specimens of mattress-wools, woollen millpuffs, and flocks. 1989 S. Mills & P. Riemer ii. 76 (caption) Merrets Mill was used as a cloth mill but was later turned over to the production of flock, shoddy and mill puff. 1859 (ed. 2) 101 A ream of writing paper..is required to contain 18 quires of 24 good sheets and 2 quires of 20 sheets of outsides,..472 sheets in all, good and bad—this is called a mill ream. 1960 G. A. Glaister 257/2 Mill ream, 472 sheets of hand-made or mould-made paper, good or retree. 1754 J. Wilson in (Philos. Soc. Edinb.) I. 459 The disease which the people at Leadhills call the mill-reek. 1845 VI. 335 The men engaged in reducing the ores are occasionally seized with the painters' colic, or..‘mill-reek’. 1794 1st Ser. III. 147 The principal object of the original settlers being lumber, more attention was paid to mill-rights than to the soil. 1847 W. I. Paulding Antipathies iii. iii, in J. K. & W. I. Paulding 262 There's a man at Jack O'Lantern's that owns land and mill-rights. 1869 Sept. 802 We have received many accounts of mill rights and water power. 1801 Apr. 217 It was from observing, that the tacksman of a mill, who was a horse-dealer, gave all his mill ring (i.e. the corn which fills the mill-stones when newly picked) along with potatoes, that I learned to mix the great or coarse bran with that valuable root. 1808 J. Jamieson Mill-ring, the dust of a miln. 1825 J. Jamieson Suppl. (at cited word) Mill-ring, the open space in a mill between the runner and the wooden frame surrounding it. 1875 W. McIlwraith 136 A workman, in making an excavation near the mill-ring, came on a large, flat stone, aneath which were the remains of a clay urn. 1995 (Nexis) 14 Jan. 11 The former mill ring, for example, now forms an impressive circular living room in the largest dwelling. c1450 in R. H. Robbins (1959) 202 (MED) Oure myllesaylle will not a-bowte, Hit hath so long goon emptye. 1799 12 Oct. 2/1 Mill sails, waggon, cart, and stack covers. 1876 G. W. Thornbury 208 The mill-sails wild are tossing, Like a spirit's arms on high. 1996 (Electronic ed.) 6 Nov. 15 Mill sails rarely exceeded 80 feet in diameter and the total height of the structure was little more than this. 1835 J. Lindley (1839) iii. Gloss. 451 Mill-sail-shaped; having many wings projecting from a convex surface; as the fruit of some umbelliferous plants. 1790 2 Jan. To be sold by Poultney and Wistar..Mill, crosscut,..and keyhole saw. 1856 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 14 Nov. in (1928) 25 Everybody was a bobbin up and down like a mill saw. 1897 E. W. Brodhead 66 All the mill saws were silent. 1994 T. C. Gillmer (ed. 2) ii. 77 This skiff has only three planks per side—often unfinished with the mill saw marks still showing. 1846 C. Holtzapffel II. 689 The files used in sharpening saws are triangular, round, half-round, and mill saw-files. 1897 in 15 Mill Saw Files, one round edge. 1846 C. Holtzapffel II. 725 The mill-saw webs [are used] for cutting deals into thin boards. 1897 in 15 Mill Saw Webs. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials produced from metalworking > [noun] > film of oxide 1880 XIII. 357/1 During rolling this film [of oxide] becomes somewhat thick and peels off, forming ‘mill-scale’. 1940 E. N. Simons & E. Gregory xvi. 109 The charge consists of steel scrap and grey phosphoric..to which are added millscale..or iron ore, and lime or limestone. 1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. (ed. 6) xiv. 346 The surfaces of hot-rolled products are, of course, slightly rough and covered with a tenacious high-temperature oxide known as mill scale. 1759 H. Mercer Let. 12 May in H. Bouquet (1941) 127 We..have discovered a fine mill-seat on the south side the Monongehela. 1796 P. Russell (1932) I. 10 Read the Petition of John Laurence Esquire, praying for a Mill Seat on the River Humber. a1817 T. Dwight (1821) II. 27 Directly under the bridge commences a romantic fall, which..furnishes a number of excellent mill-seats. 1838 Apr. 318 Some Peter Bell, to whom every enamelled meadow is but a pasture ground, and every cataract a mill-seat? 1863 C. M. Day 127 The peculiar advantage of the situation consisted in its containing the only mill seat within several miles. 1978 A. F. C. Wallace i. 4 The mills themselves were small, scattered along the creek at the several mill seats. 1802 C. Findlater 44 These shells, thus separated, and having the finer particles of meal adhering to them, called mill-seeds, are preserved for sowins. 1833 J. Holland II. 141 Turning very large articles, such as the outsides of cylinders, mill-shafts, cannon, &c. 1898 21 Nov. 8/6 We should stir ourselves, and clap the stopper on these belching mill-shafts. 1991 5 iii. 13 An English court found that the party who received a broken mill shaft for repair could not foresee that the mill would close pending its return. 1825 29 Dec. 3/3 There is also unoccupied Mill-Scites on the Credit..sufficient to drive a number of Mills. 1896 C. H. Shinn 81 Water claims and mill sites were taken up almost as soon as work had fairly begun on the Comstock. 1956 H. Evans 107 Earth and stones had been bulldozed to the water's edge to form a millsite. 1992 C. Giles & I. H. Goodall ii. 17/1 Most loomshops had fireplaces for heating by open fires or stoves, but steam heating was subsequently introduced to some of those on mill sites. society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > sixpence 1592 T. Nashe f. Hv A ropemaker..had turnd as many Mill sixpences ouer the thumbe, as kept three of his sonnes at Cambridge a long time. 1602 W. Shakespeare i. i. 142 Seuen groats in mill sixpences. 1639 J. Mayne ii. iii. 14 Had I..but forty Mark..And were that fortie Mark Mil sixpences, I would despise you. a1325 (Cambr.) (1929) 438 (MED) E le ble est molu par le fusil [glossed] mulne spinel. 1423 in (1880) 13 562 Payde to Dawne Smyth for makyng of the mylspyndyll. a1877 E. H. Knight III. 2585/2 Toe, the lower end of a vertical shaft, as a mill-spindle, which rests in a step, or ink. 1989 49 1053 With the Davison directory lacking information on the age distribution of mill spindles she is forced to rely on mill age as proxy for the vintage of installed equipment. 1880 R. Jefferies 166 He laid down the millpeck, and took his millstaff to prove the work he had done. 1969 G. E. Evans xiv. 148 You have to be sure first of all that before you use the stone it is absolutely flat. For this you use a laminated piece of wood called a millstaff. the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] > which drives mill c1430 (1844) I. 334/2 Thai [sc. millers] tak smoltis in the myll stank. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > fulling > mallet or staff 1546 in W. H. Turner (1880) 182 For carege of one myllstock for the fullyng myll. 1661 W. Petty in T. Birch (1756) I. 61 The mill-stock being wrapt up warm, that the cloth may not cool. 1869 May 445 Mr. Coleman repairs all kinds of mills, and can furnish all the mill stock that may be required. 1964 33 538 Numbers of adults of C. turcicus were positively correlated with the average moisture content of the millstocks. Heaviest infestations occurred in the least nutritious flours. 1998 May 12/2 Large orders of three tonnes or more are available on..a maximum seven days from mill stock. the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill stream a1170 (?OE) Bounds (Sawyer 1208) in S. E. Kelly (2001) 116 Of hlippen ham in to þam mylestreame [a1225 milestreame], of þam mylestreame innan þa norð lange dic. 1658 Lease in 14 Mar. 212/2 4 Putt Gallaries, or shedds, built over the mill stream. 1794 S. T. Coleridge 33 Both plunged together in the deep mill-stream. 1815 D. Drake i. 58 In summer and autumn, it [sc. Licking River] is a moderate mill-stream. 1885 May 130/2 A small mill-stream, forty or fifty feet wide, with swampy lowland bordering on either side. 1975 J. B. Harley iii. 44 In Ordnance Survey usage the term ‘mill race’ is given to the water leading to a mill, and ‘mill stream’ to the water leaving it. 1997 61 294 This type of mill [sc. a straddle mill] literally straddles the mill stream, with the water flowing through two arches underneath the mill. 1636 W. Davenant i. i. sig. B3v His wives Bracelet of Mill-Testers! 1575 in F. G. Emmison (1994) (modernized text) IX. 98 To my wife all my mill timber that is without and my mill tools. 1670 J. Evelyn (ed. 2) vii. 43 The Chess-nut affords the best Stakes and Poles for Palisades:..Also for Mill-timber and Water-works. 1732 17 The French now furnish themselves with Cooperage and Mill-Timber..from their own Islands. 1804 11 156 Laden with mahogany and mill-timber. 1824 J. Mactaggart 26 My theebanes war then like milltimmers. 1934 T. A. Harper 193 Open up immense bodies of mill timber. 2000 (Nexis) 27 June The wonderful beetling mill timbers which hold up the roof..[are] from Dunadry Bleach Works. the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > molar 1731 J. Arbuthnot vi. 101 The best Instruments..for cracking of hard Substances..[are] Grinders or Mill-Teeth. 1890 Mill tooth, a molar tooth. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > town with other industry or occupation lOE List of Sureties, Peterborough in A. J. Robertson (1956) 76 Þonne is þer borhhand..Ætlebrant æt Pilesgeate, & Cnut & Styrcyr on Uptune, & Boia on Mylatune [sc. Milton Park, Northants.]. c1240 in J. Dowden (1903) 42 In uilla que dicitur Mylnetoun. a1300 in C. Innes (1842) 115 Ardlather que nunc vocatur milnetun.] 1491 in (1839) I. 194/2 Þe franktennement of þe landis..& þe myltoune of Concragy. 1701 Burnett Family Papers in (at cited word) That the tennent..[of] the new miln..have liberty to cast doviots for the bigging of the said milntoun. c1800 Knight & Shepherd's Daughter in F. J. Child (1956) II. 471 As they rade bye yon bonny mill-town. 1847 D. P. Thompson x. 199 [The paper] came into town all damp from the press of Mill-Town Emporium. 1902 S. E. White xxi. 155 He arrived out of breath in a typical little mill town. 1980 D. K. Cameron v. 43 It passed the door of the old milltoun, a farmstead now with steep, hill-hung fields. 2000 6 May 6/4 (headline) Trouble at mill towns as Labour loses in Lancashire. the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-race the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] > which drives mill OE (1966) 50 Canalis, þruh, uel mylentroh. (Harl. 221) 338 Mylle trow or benge, farricapsa. 1530 J. Palsgrave 245/1 Myll troughe or broke, auge. c1728 A. Ramsay (1961) III. 205 Ther was nae noise, but mill-trows roaring. 1893 R. O. Heslop Mill-trou, the spout carrying water to a mill wheel. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > village > [noun] > other types of village 1834 25 Jan. 3/6 (advt.) Trescott & Boyden, Mill Village, Dedham, have been appointed agents for welling the..Pills. 1863 A. D. T. Whitney xxiii. 218 It needs just such a man [as minister] among mill-villages like these, he says. 1927 21 Sept. 115/1 The lowest wages are usually found in the isolated mill villages of the farther South. 2000 (Nexis) 25 May 12 l Stockar..lives in the mill village of Shannock. 1612 in P. C. D. Brears (1972) 72 Item one milne Ashtree a mill wand and a milne whipp. 1848 1 55 A mill-stone was conveyed from the quarry to the mill, by means of a rod, or beam of wood, called the mill-wand. 1861 W. Longstaffe in Introd. 17 An old bridge over the millwash. society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > leading to specific places OE Bounds (Sawyer 99) in W. de G. Birch (1885) I. 240 Ærest of Turcanwyllas heafde andlang stræte on Cynelmesstan on Mylenweg. c1325 in W. Kennett (1818) I. 566 (MED) Item una acra apud le mulnewey. ?1592 J. Manwood 120 If any man haue stopped or strayted any Church-way, mylle-way, or other waies in the Forest or Purleu..you shall doe vs to weete thereof. 1641 52 Their upland [is] on the right hand of the mill way. 1868 Jan. 16 The flats were filled in, the creeks were dammed up, the channels were bridged, the marsh was turned into meadow, the brooks into mill-ways. society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > industrial worker > in mill 1835 A. Ure 348 An astonishing difference between their intelligence and that of the mill~workers. 1895 3 Sept. 2/4 The strike of thirty thousand millworkers in Dundee. 1993 19 Oct. a1/1 Champion is pulling out of Montana, leaving behind hundreds of unemployed mill workers. the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] > which drives mill > part of eOE Estate Boundaries, Nunnaminster, Winchester in W. de G. Birch (1887) II. 305 Up of þæm forda on þone westmestan mylengear westweardne. eOE Bounds (Sawyer 495) in W. de G. Birch (1887) II. 541 Þonan suðrihte on ðone ealdan mylier þær þa welegas standað. a1225 ( Bounds (Sawyer 620) in S. E. Kelly (2001) 309 On ðone mulen ger, þonan &lang ðære mylen dic. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > miller 1530 in J. Allen (1856) 268 Millemers and downemers. 1604–5 in J. Allen (1856) 234 Le millheymers and downheymers. Derivatives 1639 T. Bancroft i. sig. D3 Thou with wind Thy Mill-like frame dost move. 1854 1 148 The ‘mill-like motion of the gizard’. 1918 Mrs. E. Liddell in J. Gott 66 Here is a man who, alike in the mill-like grinding of life in Leeds..and amid the urgent claims of a diocese, always found time to love and to remember. 2000 (Nexis) 1 Feb. b3 Jeffrey..stared at a small plaque with his name that he made on a mill-like machine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † milln.2Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare miling n.1 and miled adj. Obsolete. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > bordering or edging 1388 Inventory Westm. Abbey in (1890) 52 213 The blew myllyse do serve for boyth the vygylles of seynt Edward synglarly. 1538–9 Inventory Westm. Abbey in (1873) 4 iii. 329 ij tunycles without stolles and phanams of blewe velvett enbrotheryd with anteloppes and mylles of gold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † milln.3Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mil. Etymology: < Middle French mil millet (late 11th cent. in Old French; now French regional) < classical Latin milium millet (see milium n.1). Compare Middle Dutch mil , also a borrowing < French. Compare earlier mile n.2 Obsolete. 1. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > bordering or edging the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet > Indian millet > Indian millet plant or panicle c1450 tr. (Royal) 32 (MED) The phisiciens..seiden that who so ete the graynes of whijt mylle..it profitith moche. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart ii. ccxxiii. [ccxix.] 697 Bredde, made of a grayne called mylle. 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin i. f. xviv Ryse myll, and many other thynges. 1541 T. Elyot (new ed.) 10 b Meates inflatynge or wyndye: Beanes:..Mille: Cucumbers. 1610 W. Folkingham i. xi. 35 Tare, Cich and Mill loue moisture. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc 323 They..get Mill, Rice, Pulse, and other graine. 1597 J. Gerard i. 77 It is called..Turkie Mill or Turkie Hirsse. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > gromwell 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner 139 Take the rotes of fenell..mill of the sunne, scariolæ, of everye one like much. 1562 W. Turner f. 40 Lithospermon..is called gray mil..to put a difference betwene it and the other mile or millet. Compounds the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > millet 1548 T. Cooper (rev. ed.) at Cenchrites A precious stone, whyche hath in it thynges lyke myll seede. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus vii. 291 Fields, which yeeld..great store of barlie and mill-seed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † milln.4Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mill v.2 Etymology: Probably < mill v.2 Compare later mill-ken n. Obsolete cant. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] 1607 T. Dekker & G. Wilkins sig. G2 A word or two of the mill, quasi breakehouse. 1607 T. Dekker & G. Wilkins 43 A strong Iron barre made sharpe at one end, and they which trade with that, are called Mils. 1676 (title page) Thieves and Robbers which go under these titles, viz. the Gilter, the Mill, the Glasier [etc.]. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > instruments used by burglars 1607 T. Dekker & G. Wilkins sig. G2 A strong Iron barre made sharpe at one end, and they which trade with that, are called Mils. 1653 in (London Metropolitan Archives MJ/SBB 125) 10 Oct. 40 Idle and dissolute fellowes..had about them mills or engines to break houses withall. 1703 5 Mill, a Chizel, or to break. 1788 F. Grose (ed. 2) Mill, a chisel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † milln.5Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < mill v.1, or perhaps originally a variant of mull n.2A connection with Old English myl dust (see mull n.2) is unlikely, given the late date of attestation of the present word. Obsolete. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bark > [noun] > for tanning 1626 F. Bacon §625 The Conservation of Fruit would be also tried in Vessels, filled with Fine Sand,..Or in Meal and Flower; Or in Oakwood; or in Mill. 1697 No. 3285/4 All other Makers or Dressers of Leather in Wooze, Mill, Oyl, Salt, Allom. 1711 No. 4862/4 Skins..to be tanned, tawed or dressed in Wooze, Mill, Alom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). milln.6 Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Latin millēsimum. Etymology: Shortened < classical Latin millēsimum thousandth part (see millesm n.), on the analogy of cent n.1 Compare earlier mille n.1, per mil adv. Compare mil n.1 North American. society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific U.S. 1786 in (1789) II. 182 Mills, the lowest money of account, of which one thousand shall be equal to the federal dollar, or money unit. 1791 T. Jefferson in Mar. 535/1 At 20 cents pr lb it is 8 mills per dish. 1809 E. A. Kendall I. xviii. 193 The denominations of money in the United States are dollars, cents or hundredth parts of dollars, and mills or thousandth parts. 1811 P. Kelly I. 9 A uniform way of keeping Accounts has been established in the United States (by an act of Congress in 1789) namely, in Dollars of 10 Dimes, 100 Cents, or 1000 Mills. 1821 J. Q. Adams 55 Ask a tradesman..in any of our cities what is a dime or a mille, and the chances are four in five that he will not understand your question. 1882 H. E. Scudder ii. 71 A premium for copyright of five mills a copy. 1921 22 Mar. 1/3 City Council last night..bitterly attacked present educational legislation..amendments, particularly the one giving school boards power to levy a tax of one mill to provide for special expenditure. 1974 24 Apr. a1/8 Board Chairman J. F. (Buddy) Martin told him that in 1970 the county had raised from one mill to two the amount of money that was available for the hospital from the county. 1998 P. Ceruzzi ii. 63 Though tax rates are still given in mills.., it is unlikely that anyone will calculate the value of a house, as Henry David Thoreau did, to the half-penny. Compounds 1925 19 310 He opposes special mill levies and any increase in taxes, especially a tax on gasoline. 1993 23 Jan. a4/3 In the past couple of legislative sessions there have been unsuccessful pushes for a property tax mill levy for schools. 1895 3 458 If taxed at the five-mill rate the revenue would be $2,000,000, a sum equal to 17 cents on $100 realty.] 1921 22 Mar. 4/2 The Union should be insistent on opposing the proposed mill rate levy for extraordinary school; board expenditures. 2000 (Electronic ed.) 21 Jan. A treasury memo that hit MLAs mail boxes yesterday talks about a ‘modest mill rate reduction’. ‘We are hearing that municipalities' concerns with the expected increase in property-tax requisitions this year need to be addressed,’ Day told MLAs. 1848 in (1895–1903) 3 514 The former will pay on a mill tax $200. 1903 Oct. 486 They support the Universities by a direct mill tax levied upon the assessed valuation of the State. 2000 (Nexis) 21 May ds3 Each county imposed a mill tax for the purpose of founding a public library. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). milln.7 Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: million n. Etymology: Shortened < million n. Earliest as graphic abbreviation. colloquial. society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money 1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in (1984) 63 The American war had cost them 1440. millns. (256. mils. of Dollars). 1855 18 279 (table) Money actually raised... mils. 584,87..Capitals funded... mils. 879,29. 1907 15 170 (table) Relation of gold and merchandise movements... Mil's of Dol's. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark §18/5 Mill, one million. 1955 R. J. Schwartz 112/3 Mill., million. 1975 20 Jan. 29/1 Thanks a mil for your letter. 1984 J. Archer (1985) xxiii. 290 We were overdrawn seven mill and then the bank decided to pull the rug from under my feet. 1992 Feb. 172/2 The insurance company coughs up five mil. 1994 31 July d1/1 A $2 million reno on Forest Hill property they scooped up for a knocked-down $3.5 mill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). milln.8Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: millimetre n. Etymology: Shortened < millimetre n.The form mill is used especially in photography and cinematography; the form mil. is used especially of arms and ammunition. colloquial. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > metre > the thousandth part of a metre 1877 6 21 The thickness of the cylindrical wall of the humerus is 20 millimeters. The extreme width at the condyles is 120 mill. 1946 C. B. Sheppard in (1985) 255 This is constructed in the form of a nearly closed C-shaped iron core with a scanning gap of about one mill width. 1960 E. Morgan 386 Sandy, I'll be getting pictures of you in that outfit, don't worry, as good as anyone can take—Best Man, What, on 35 mill? 1974 S. Gulliver 26 ‘What do you want?’ ‘Eighty-one mil. mortar bombs.’ 1988 M. Marrin v. 29 I've also got a 35 mill. print of the Ophuls film. 1990 G. G. Liddy ix. 153 Someone got in here. I heard him—..got the 9 mil., and went down to take him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). millv.1 Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mill n.1 Etymology: < mill n.1 Compare earlier milling n.1 I. To grind or process in a mill or as in a mill; to subject to some specific process of manufacture. 1. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > grind corn [verb (transitive)] the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > grind corn [verb (transitive)] > produce by grinding 1511 in J. Robertson (1857) III. 106 I ame rycht evill taryit to get men to threis the corne and mar taryit to myll it. 1573 Edinb. Test. II. f. 291v, in at Miln Sex bollis of aittis..dryit & mylnit. 1621 in D. G. Barron (1892) 40 [The miller gave his oath that the laird's corn-rents] salbe milnt as effeirs. ?1830 P. Sellar Kyle in Ayrshire 47, in The grain thrashed is set down on one side,..and, when milled, the meal is entered separately. 1902 July 327 By Lord Stanley's Act of 1843 a certain advantage was given to flour milled in Canada. 1979 D. Smith II. 360 Rye is most commonly milled into various grades of flour for bread-making. the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > prepare tobacco [verb (transitive)] > pound or powder 1782 W. Cowper 38 This oval box, well filled With best tobacco finely milled. 1887 R. D. Blackmore I. xxvi. 294 Shaving with his girdle-knife a cake of rich tobacco, and then milling it complacently betwixt his horny palms. 1895 18 637 All the new gunpowder milled in Surrey was, for some purpose of his own, stored by Lord Levellier on the alder island of the pond near his workshops. 1955 K. Hutton & A. Swallow ix. 118 The sintered material is next milled by steel balls into an impalpable powder which can pass a 34,000 mesh sieve. 1998 Sept. (advt.) [The] standardized extract capsules contain 100% pure herb powder that's been finely milled for quick release. 1863 Buckman in 23 May 493 The best plan..to pursue is to mill the Sainfoin seed, in which case its outer covering is removed. 1863 Buckman in 23 May 493 The Burnet..will not mill, but simply gets its wings broken off. 1992 A. Thorpe iii. 66 To sow clover-seed on its own, pure, milled from the husk, perforce proves too light a cast in the March winds. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > treat or process textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > full 1552 c. 6 §1 And beinge well scowred, thicked, mylled, and fully dried, everie yarde of everie suche Clothe shall waye thre pound at the leste. 1633 Proclam. in R. Sanderson (1732) XIX. 447/2 All such white Worcester Clothes..as shall be milled in Gloucestershire. 1706 A. Boyer 27 All Broad Cloaths..after the same are fully Mill'd and Firnish'd. 1718 J. Steuart (1915) 101 Pray take care the cloth be of a deep dry and well milned. 1844 G. Dodd iii. 103 The cloth..is then ‘milled’, ‘fulled’, or ‘felted’, that is, beaten until the fibres of the wool become so locked into each other [etc.]. 1902 15 Feb. 378/1 It [sc. the folded ‘form’] is then ‘milled’ or pounded with heavy oak hammers. 1969 A. J. Hall (ed. 7) iii. 163 Ordinary wool blankets are made by milling..a woven wool fabric. 1992 C. Giles & I. H. Goodall iii. 107/1 The woven cloth was milled (fulled) within the main sheds, and finishing processes (tentering, perching, raising and shearing) were..undertaken in the main block (Westfield). †3. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > perform general preparation processes [verb (transitive)] > whip the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > by kneading, stirring, etc. 1662 H. Stubbe ii. 9 They dissolved it [sc. chocolata] (being pouder'd) and milled it, tempering it by little and little with water in an Indian cup. 1747 H. Glasse xvi. 147 Mill the Cream till it is all of a thick Froth. 1747 H. Glasse xvi. 147 Then..over that whip your Froth which you saved off the Cream very well milled up. 1752 E. Moxon (new ed.) 131 Take four ounces of chocolate,..and boil it in a pint of cream, then mill it..with a chocolate stick. 1769 E. Raffald vii. 184 Mill them with a Chocolate Mill, to raise the Froth, and take it off with a Spoon as it rises. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Satyrane's Lett. i, in (1882) 245 What Pericles would not do to save a friend's life, you may be assured I would not hazard merely to mill the chocolate-pot of a drunken fool's vanity. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in II. 83/2 A chaplain milling an egg-posset over the fire. 1859 C. Dickens ii. vii. 69 A second, milled and frothed the chocolate. 1897 R. Kipling vii. 142 Graaa—ouch! went the conch, while sea and sky were all milled up in milky fog. 1875 C. D. E. Fortnum i. 4 The vitreous substance is reduced to the finest powder by mechanical and other means, being milled with water to the consistency of cream. 4. society > trade and finance > money > coining > coin (money) [verb (transitive)] > coin by mill and press 1673 f. 2 To mell from the press. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot ii. 89 They [sc. coins] are stamped (as all the rest of their money) with the hammer, and not milled. society > trade and finance > money > coining > coin (money) [verb (transitive)] > specific processes the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > indent the edge of [verb (transitive)] > knurl or mill 1724 J. Swift 23 I find the Half-pence were Milled, which..is of great Use to prevent Counterfeits. 1855 T. B. Macaulay IV. xxii. 805 The new crowns and half-crowns, broad, heavy and sharply milled, were ringing on all the counters. 1875 E. H. Knight II. 1441/1 Castaining's machine for milling coin was introduced into the French mint in 1685. 1889 20 Dec. 414 These bearings are conical, and milled through. 1997 Jan.–Feb. 3/2 Milling the edges of coins made the practice of removing small amounts of metal from the coins very easy to detect. society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > roll society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > machine 1677 [implied in: No. 1232/4 The late Invention for Milled Lead. (at milled adj. 4)]. 1691 T. Hale 60 When this way of Milling Lead for Sheathing of Ships was first invented. 1846 3 Oct. 28/1 The paper..is so far unfinished on the surface that it requires to be milled, by being put through rollers in the manner which I have already described for smoothing sheets of paper or card. 1944 W. Morgan in R. Greenhalgh ix. 316/2 Most sheet lead used today is milled, although cast lead is reputed to be more durable. 1984 A. Smith in G. Ursell (1984) iii. x. 412 Victor, the man, had a shop with machines that milled and lathed metal and did other extraordinary things. 1991 55 iii. u4/2 Pages are specially milled acid-neutral paper. 1728 21 Mar. 95/1 To be Lett..A Very convenient Place for a Fellmonger or Tanner, well Water'd for either business,..and a Mill for Milling leather, if they have Occasion for it. 1885 C. T. Davis (1897) xxvii. 415 Then they [sc. the sides] are put into a pin-wheel and milled for ten minutes. 1808 J. Jamieson at Strick To tie up flax in small handfuls, in preparing it for being milled. 1844 G. Dodd v. 151 Directions were also drawn up for..grassing, milling, and hand-scutching the flax. a1877 E. H. Knight II. 1439/2 Mill,..to throw undyed silk. 1861 J. H. Burton Let. 20 July in (U.S. War Dept.) (1900) 4th Ser. I. 509 The set of milling machines for milling barrels. a1884 E. H. Knight Suppl. 607/1 By means of the swinging sleeve true circles of greater or less diameter can be milled on the face of the work. 1956 E. Molloy iii. 210 This is..a plunge-cut horizontal milling head for milling the bearing-retaining slots. 1964 S. Crawford iv. 106 Find the appropriate rev/min. suitable for milling a mild-steel component when using a 4-inch-diameter plain milling cutter. 1989 P. Godfrey Inventing New Colour in K. Harwood (1989) I. 54 He threw a machine part in the water. He'd made it wrong, I could've milled it back again. 9. Mining. society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > other (coal-)mining procedures 1868 7 Oct. 231 The total quantity of ore milled was 77,954¼ tuns. Average yield per tun, $24 14; cost of milling, $14 75. 1869 J. R. Browne 417 In one month 417 tons of ore were milled, producing $36,865. The assay of the ore was over $100 per ton. 1883 20 Jan. 1/5 The whole of the quartz removed has been milled. 1895 19 Feb. 3/6 For the year 1894 there was milled 2,827,365 tons. 1930 14 Mar. 20/3 The tonnage milled by the Crown Mines, Limited, for 1929—namely, 2,643,000 tons—established a fresh record for the mine. 1971 20 Oct. 13/1 Large machines..rip, slice, grind, or mill the coal from the underground coal face. 1990 D. Smyth in C. Mungall & D. J. McLaren (1991) 247 Radioactive waste accumulation in nations that mine and mill uranium ore has created ‘dumps’ potentially dangerous to human health. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > actions of mineral materials [verb (transitive)] > of minerals: yield (amount) 1877 R. W. Raymond 247 The quartz..will mill about $20 to the ton. 1897 19 Oct. 8/3 I would not like to say that it will mill that. It will certainly mill 1 oz. 1877 8 79 Most grades of cheap butter and much stale old butter is now ‘milled’ in all the large dairy markets. 1902 Apr. 204/1 When quite hard, this fine soap is milled, or cut into very small shreds, after which it is pressed in moulds into fancy shapes. 1951 VII. 156/1 The curd..is ‘milled’ or torn into small particles, mixed with salt, and packed into a hoop or mould. 1967 XI. 271/2 The chips are transferred to a mixer where the dyes and perfumes are added, which are then milled to make the soap plastic and homogeneous. 1982 P. Rance II. vi. 104 Leicester and Double Gloucester curd is milled twice. Herbs, wine, etc., may be introduced after milling. society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > saw > in specific manner or with specific saw 1886 4 46 Lumbermen charge the consumer for the full measurement of the boards [for floors] before they are milled. 1966 1 June 43/2 A tender was accepted which allowed the White Cliffs Sawmilling Company to mill 200,000 cubic feet of native timber a year. 2000 15 July 4/2 The post that the bell was previously on was rotten, so I bought a locally grown Oak Tree and had it milled to the required specifications. II. Extended uses. 12. slang. the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat 1612 T. Dekker sig. L2v If they doe [reveal cant words], the others Mawnderers or Roagues, Mill them (kill them). 1699 B. E. Mill them, kill them. 1728 33 Mill, to beat. 1753 (ed. 2) 39 Mill the Cull to his long Libb; kill the Man dead. 1753 (ed. 2) 40 Mill his Nobb; break his Head. 1810 36 231 The Black..threatens to mill the whole race of fighters of the day. 1864 vii. 75 Butler Burke was going to mill Chorley. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] 1829 P. Egan New Ser. II. 38 He regarded its effects as nothing, and returned gaily to mill. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Barber Cox in 37 Tug..milled away—one, two, right and left—like a little hero as he is. 1864 vii. 77 Are you going to mill, or are you not? 1987 17 Mar. 42/2 He was an ageing journeyman boxer who had spent years milling in small halls, and then got a chance to make it big. †13. slang. society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > be imprisoned [verb (intransitive)] > beat hemp or flax 1714 A. Smith (ed. 2) I. 141 Having been often punisht at hard Labour in Bridewell, which beating of Hemp the Thieves call Mill dolly. 1780 R. Tomlinson vi. 7 When sitting with Nancy, what sights have I seen!.. But now she mills doll. 1821 P. Egan i. ii. 34 A saucy, tip-slang, moon-eyed hen, Who oft mills Doll at block. 1848 115 Milldoll, to beat hemp in Bridewell. society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > be imprisoned [verb (intransitive)] > beat hemp or flax 1733 E. Budgell iv. 477 Then mill on dear Polly,..The Hemp thou art beating may hang him to Morrow. society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] > send or take to 1838 C. Dickens II. xxv. 83 I shouldn't have been milled if it hadn't been for her advice. But..what's six weeks of it? III. To move in a wheeling course. the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [verb (intransitive)] > miscellaneous actions of whale 1840 F. D. Bennett II. 221 A whale ‘milled’, or turned suddenly round, upon receiving the harpoons. 1851 H. Melville c. 487 One day we lowered for a pod of four or five whales, and my boat fastened to one of them; a regular circus horse he was, too, that went milling and milling round so. 1874 C. M. Scammon Gloss. 311 Mill, to turn in an opposite direction, or nearly so; as, ‘The whale was running to windward, but “milled”, and ran to leeward’. 1937 Oct. 310/1 When ‘milling’ it [sc. the cachalot] stands upright, with its head out and little pig eyes above the surface. 16. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [verb (intransitive)] > mill around 1888 T. Roosevelt in Apr. 862/1 The cattle may begin to run, and then get ‘milling’—that is, all crowd together into a mass like a ball, wherein they move round and round. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Hearts & Crosses in Dec. 828/1 The aroused cattle milled around the four sides of the corral in a plunging mass. 1972 T. A. Bulman i. 12 The next big worry was how to keep the leaders from starting to circle back and beginning to ‘mill’ in a wild circle. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move without fixed course > in a mass the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > move in a circle or curve [verb (intransitive)] > move in a circle > in a mass 1895 R. Kipling 79 The deer and the pig and the nilghai were milling round and round in a circle of eight or ten miles' radius. 1910 W. M. Raine 227 I expect you were able to make out, even if I did get the letters to milling around wrong. 1911 H. Quick v. 127 The main thing the matter was that failure o' his a-millin' through his mental facilities. 1919 L. F. Cody 302 Indians and soldiers milled, the Indians fighting with their knives, the soldiers with their guns. 1927 H. E. Fosdick 262 We look down upon the throng milling around the Chapel of the Sepulcher. 1935 29 May 648/2 The sergeants are milling round like madmen with last-minute instructions. 1957 J. Kerouac i. v. 33 First we milled with all the cowboy-dudded tourists..at bars. 1968 R. M. Patterson iii. 164 To follow their wanderings in detail would be pointless. They milled around like that for the next two days, obsessed with this ridge-climbing idea. 1984 D. DeLillo (1985) i. ii. 6 We milled about, bickered a little. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > herd > herd or drive together 1901 25 406/2 At last the cattle..ran with less energy, and it was presently easy to ‘mill’ them into a circle and to turn them where it seemed most desirable. 1935 H. L. Davis iii. 29 Clay had to grab ropes and mill the pack-horses to keep them from stampeding. 1989 J. Hook 36 Out of sight, the Nez Perces milled their ponies to confuse their trail, then doubled north once more. the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] 1905 Oct. 17/1 No,..I ain't buyin' no dishes. I was just kind o' millin' things over to myself. 1923 R. D. Paine xvii. 298 Judson, on guard in the cabin, was milling this problem over. 1958 ‘A. Gilbert’ viii. 111 Barney's milled it over and over..and we can't think of any reason. 1964 M. Gowing ix. 250 Nor did they [sc. the American engineers] want to spend much time in milling over alternative approaches to problems for which they had chosen..their own solution. 1998 B. Kingsolver (1999) v. 482 She seemed to mill it over, and then stated it all as a matter of fact. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † millv.2Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mill v.1 Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a use of mill v.1 (compare mill v.1 12a); the slang uses of the two verbs seem to converge semantically in their later occurrences (compare sense 2 and, for example, quot. 17532 at mill v.1 12a) although it is difficult to see how the original meaning ‘rob’ of the present verb could have arisen from the literal senses of mill v.1 N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mil) /mɪl/. Obsolete cant. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (intransitive)] 1567 T. Harman (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giiiv To myll a Ken, to robbe a house. 1608 T. Dekker sig. C2v If we Niggle, or mil a bowsing Ken. a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 69* in tr. Horace (1640) They can Cant, and Mill, are they Masters in their Arts? 1699 B. E. Mill. to Steal, Rob. 1752 27 Nov. 2 Roach told Kennedy he had mill'd a Pocket-Book. 1811 37 13 He had milled my wipe. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in 2nd Ser. III. 118 One might have milled the Bank of England, and less noise about it. 1821 Sonnets for Fancy in P. Egan III. App. 622 To nail the ticker..or to mill the cly [note handkerchief]. the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > windows the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > crack (but not break) 1699 B. E. Milling the Gig with a Betty, breaking open the door with an Iron-Crow. 1699 B. E. Milling the glaze, breaking open the window. 1753 (ed. 2) 10 When we went a Milling that Swagg, that is, a Breaking open that Shop. 1753 (ed. 2) 39 Mill the Quod; break the Gaol. 1825 C. M. Westmacott I. 282 Milling the glaze. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2021). <  n.1eOE n.21388n.3c1450n.41607n.51626 n.61786 n.71821n.81877 v.11511v.21567 |
