mill-pickn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlpɪk/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlˌpɪk/

Forms: see mill n.¹, pick n.¹; also 1500s milpeck, 1600s mil-pecke, 1800s millpeck.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mill n.¹, pick n.¹

Etymology: < mill n.¹ + pick n.¹ With the forms with -e- compare peck n.²

1. An iron tool for producing a corrugated surface on a millstone. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > adze > [noun] > for dressing stone > for dressing millstones

mill-pickc1357

mill bill1582

pike1756

millstone pick1853

millstone dresser1854

c1357 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 560 (MED) 6 Milnpikkes.

1502 Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes XII. f. 111 Hewin axis,..sawis, myln pickis.

1525 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 55 The makyng of spyndyll and the myll pycks.

1588 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) III. 3 Furred throrough with mynnyover and calloper like myll pykes.

1612 in P. C. D. Brears Yorks. Probate Inventories 1542–1689 (1972) 72 Item a Chest in the Mylne a gavlock and milne pickes.

1858 E. T. Freedley Philadelphia & its Manuf. 340 Stone-cutters' Tools and Mill Picks, Curriers' and Tanners' Knives and Tools of all kinds.

1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 163 The millpeck is a little tool like a double adze.

c1900 Trade Circular, Millstone Tools Mill Picks for stitching eyes, peak stones, &c.

1966 G. E. Evans Pattern under Plough xvii. 173 This was the tempering of mill-bills or -picks, the steel wedges used for dressing a mill-stone.

2001 N.Z. Herald (Electronic text) 13 Mar. Almost within earshot from another time comes the chip-chop of the mill pick, used by the man whose job it was to re-roughen the millstones.

2. Heraldry. A conventional representation of a mill-pick.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of implements > [noun] > mill-pick

mill-ironc1343

mill-pick?a1549

?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 194/1 The kinges armes and badges crowned roses in Sonne beames and myll pickes.

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 92 b The Frenchmen take it [sc. the Fusil] for a spindell,..and the Dutchmen take it for a milpeck.

1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) iii. 150 Very honourable and ancient. As the Crosse Moline (given by the..family of Molineux) Mil-peckes, and most irons appertaining to the Mill.

1874 J. W. Papworth & A. W. Morant Alphabet. Dict. Coats of Arms 979/2 Arg. three mill-picks gu. Pickworth.

1986 Verbatim Summer 1/2 Being piercing they [sc. the sharply pointed fusils] suggest the name Percy, and if seen as mill-picks they recall the 12th century Picot de Percy.

Derivatives

† mill picker n. Obsolete rare a person who shapes the grinding surfaces of millstones.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with stone > [noun] > other stoneworkers

mill picker?1518

stone-polisher1704

stone-breaker1827

stone-sawyer1845

setsman?1881

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iij Here is wyll wyly the myl peker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mill-pick
释义	mill-pickn. Brit. /ˈmɪlpɪk/, U.S. /ˈmɪlˌpɪk/ Forms: see mill n.¹, pick n.¹; also 1500s milpeck, 1600s mil-pecke, 1800s millpeck. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mill n.¹, pick n.¹ Etymology: < mill n.¹ + pick n.¹ With the forms with -e- compare peck n.² 1. An iron tool for producing a corrugated surface on a millstone. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > adze > [noun] > for dressing stone > for dressing millstones mill-pickc1357 mill bill1582 pike1756 millstone pick1853 millstone dresser1854 c1357 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 560 (MED) 6 Milnpikkes. 1502 Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes XII. f. 111 Hewin axis,..sawis, myln pickis. 1525 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 55 The makyng of spyndyll and the myll pycks. 1588 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) III. 3 Furred throrough with mynnyover and calloper like myll pykes. 1612 in P. C. D. Brears Yorks. Probate Inventories 1542–1689 (1972) 72 Item a Chest in the Mylne a gavlock and milne pickes. 1858 E. T. Freedley Philadelphia & its Manuf. 340 Stone-cutters' Tools and Mill Picks, Curriers' and Tanners' Knives and Tools of all kinds. 1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 163 The millpeck is a little tool like a double adze. c1900 Trade Circular, Millstone Tools Mill Picks for stitching eyes, peak stones, &c. 1966 G. E. Evans Pattern under Plough xvii. 173 This was the tempering of mill-bills or -picks, the steel wedges used for dressing a mill-stone. 2001 N.Z. Herald (Electronic text) 13 Mar. Almost within earshot from another time comes the chip-chop of the mill pick, used by the man whose job it was to re-roughen the millstones. 2. Heraldry. A conventional representation of a mill-pick. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of implements > [noun] > mill-pick mill-ironc1343 mill-pick?a1549 ?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 194/1 The kinges armes and badges crowned roses in Sonne beames and myll pickes. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 92 b The Frenchmen take it [sc. the Fusil] for a spindell,..and the Dutchmen take it for a milpeck. 1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) iii. 150 Very honourable and ancient. As the Crosse Moline (given by the..family of Molineux) Mil-peckes, and most irons appertaining to the Mill. 1874 J. W. Papworth & A. W. Morant Alphabet. Dict. Coats of Arms 979/2 Arg. three mill-picks gu. Pickworth. 1986 Verbatim Summer 1/2 Being piercing they [sc. the sharply pointed fusils] suggest the name Percy, and if seen as mill-picks they recall the 12th century Picot de Percy. Derivatives † mill picker n. Obsolete rare a person who shapes the grinding surfaces of millstones. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with stone > [noun] > other stoneworkers mill picker?1518 stone-polisher1704 stone-breaker1827 stone-sawyer1845 setsman?1881 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iij Here is wyll wyly the myl peker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1357
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