mill-runn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlrʌn/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlˌrən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mill n.¹, run n.²

Etymology: < mill n.¹ + run n.² Compare earlier mill-race n. With sense A. 3 and extended uses at B. compare run of the mill n. and adj.

A. n.

†1. = mill-race n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-race

mill-troughOE

outshot1362

mill-lead1434

mill fleam1475

mill-race1478

waylead1547

mill-leat1609

waterlead1641

mill-run1652

water lane1718

wash-milla1722

overshot1760

head race1780

mill-course1804

lade1808

wheel-race1825

mill lade1827

dam-

1652 State Rec.: Orig. Patents & Grants (Virginia Land Office) in Patent Bk. 3 (microfilm, Libr. of Virginia) 136 On the North side of..the Mill run at the head of Warwick River.

1788 State Rec.: Northern Neck Grants (Virginia Land Office) in Grant Bk. S (microfilm, Libr. of Virginia) 493 On the South West branch of Mill Run a Draft of Pattisons Creek.

1799 Pennsylvania Gaz. 2 Jan. The waters of Wissahickon creek, the runs emptying at, and below, the Falls, Cohocksink creek, the Three Mile Run, Logan's mill run, and Frankford creek.

1863 N.Y. Herald 29 Nov. They met the advance of the rebel cavalry, and the latter were driven across Russell creek, and afterwards across Mill run, two miles from the grove.

1877 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 2 842 What is called a mill-lade or mill-run.

†2. U.S. Mining. A test of the mineral contents of a given quantity of ore in a (standard) operation of a mill; the yield of such a test. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 292 The mill-runs have been as high as 3 oz. gold with from 30 to 60 oz. in silver.

1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxix. 465 This estimate is from the mill-runs—the only honest test of a mine's capacity.

1897 Overland Monthly Feb. 224/1 The Myers Mine, is quite a large producer. The last mill run of fifty tons netted $2,460.

3. The material produced from a mill before sorting, esp. the saleable output of a sawmill. In extended use: a person or thing regarded as average or mediocre.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [noun] > mediocre thing or person

ordinary1588

commonplacer1874

mill-run1928

middling1931

1928 E. Foy & A. F. Harlow Clowning through Life 299 He thought himself far too good for the ordinary mill run of melodramas which prevailed at that house.

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mill run, the salable lumber output of a sawmill.

1957 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Nov. 59/2 Mill run. Usually implies all saleable output of timber from a sawmill.

a1961 A. Mowat in Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1961) (at cited word) An unpredictable kind of man, very different from the mill run of us down here.

1972 Gloss. Terms Timber (B.S.I.) 7 Mill run, all the timber produced in a mill without reference to grade.

B. adj.

Designating material produced from a mill before sorting, esp. the saleable output of a sawmill. In extended use: lacking unusual or distinctive aspects; average, mundane, mediocre. Cf. run of the mill adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > cut or sawn > cut or sawn in specific manner

quarter cleft1666

listed1842

through-and-through-sawn1870

half-timber1874

rotary-cut1877

quarter-sawn1878

mill-run1881

flat-sawn1882

plain-sawed1888

plain-sawn1895

rift-sawn1895

radial sawn1958

radial sawed1972

1881 Chicago Times 1 June The supply of choice mill-run lumber was generally quite limited.

1919 Polit. Sci. Q. 34 122 The Price Fixing Committee merely determined that a fair, maximum, average price for mill-run lumber was $28.00 per thousand board feet.

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mill-run steel.

1991 Observer 21 Apr. 60/8 Bach and Handel are huge exceptions to the mill-run composers who predominate in the biographies here.

1994 Denver Post 30 Jan. e3/1 So you can see it is a legitimate, authentic, copper-bottomed sinecure, not just some piddling little every day ho-hum mill-run sinecure.

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

单词	mill-run
释义	mill-runn.adj. Brit. /ˈmɪlrʌn/, U.S. /ˈmɪlˌrən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mill n.¹, run n.² Etymology: < mill n.¹ + run n.² Compare earlier mill-race n. With sense A. 3 and extended uses at B. compare run of the mill n. and adj. A. n. †1. = mill-race n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-race mill-troughOE outshot1362 mill-lead1434 mill fleam1475 mill-race1478 waylead1547 mill-leat1609 waterlead1641 mill-run1652 water lane1718 wash-milla1722 overshot1760 head race1780 mill-course1804 lade1808 wheel-race1825 mill lade1827 dam- 1652 State Rec.: Orig. Patents & Grants (Virginia Land Office) in Patent Bk. 3 (microfilm, Libr. of Virginia) 136 On the North side of..the Mill run at the head of Warwick River. 1788 State Rec.: Northern Neck Grants (Virginia Land Office) in Grant Bk. S (microfilm, Libr. of Virginia) 493 On the South West branch of Mill Run a Draft of Pattisons Creek. 1799 Pennsylvania Gaz. 2 Jan. The waters of Wissahickon creek, the runs emptying at, and below, the Falls, Cohocksink creek, the Three Mile Run, Logan's mill run, and Frankford creek. 1863 N.Y. Herald 29 Nov. They met the advance of the rebel cavalry, and the latter were driven across Russell creek, and afterwards across Mill run, two miles from the grove. 1877 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 2 842 What is called a mill-lade or mill-run. †2. U.S. Mining. A test of the mineral contents of a given quantity of ore in a (standard) operation of a mill; the yield of such a test. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 292 The mill-runs have been as high as 3 oz. gold with from 30 to 60 oz. in silver. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxix. 465 This estimate is from the mill-runs—the only honest test of a mine's capacity. 1897 Overland Monthly Feb. 224/1 The Myers Mine, is quite a large producer. The last mill run of fifty tons netted $2,460. 3. The material produced from a mill before sorting, esp. the saleable output of a sawmill. In extended use: a person or thing regarded as average or mediocre. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [noun] > mediocre thing or person ordinary1588 commonplacer1874 mill-run1928 middling1931 1928 E. Foy & A. F. Harlow Clowning through Life 299 He thought himself far too good for the ordinary mill run of melodramas which prevailed at that house. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mill run, the salable lumber output of a sawmill. 1957 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Nov. 59/2 Mill run. Usually implies all saleable output of timber from a sawmill. a1961 A. Mowat in Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1961) (at cited word) An unpredictable kind of man, very different from the mill run of us down here. 1972 Gloss. Terms Timber (B.S.I.) 7 Mill run, all the timber produced in a mill without reference to grade. B. adj. Designating material produced from a mill before sorting, esp. the saleable output of a sawmill. In extended use: lacking unusual or distinctive aspects; average, mundane, mediocre. Cf. run of the mill adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > cut or sawn > cut or sawn in specific manner quarter cleft1666 listed1842 through-and-through-sawn1870 half-timber1874 rotary-cut1877 quarter-sawn1878 mill-run1881 flat-sawn1882 plain-sawed1888 plain-sawn1895 rift-sawn1895 radial sawn1958 radial sawed1972 1881 Chicago Times 1 June The supply of choice mill-run lumber was generally quite limited. 1919 Polit. Sci. Q. 34 122 The Price Fixing Committee merely determined that a fair, maximum, average price for mill-run lumber was $28.00 per thousand board feet. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mill-run steel. 1991 Observer 21 Apr. 60/8 Bach and Handel are huge exceptions to the mill-run composers who predominate in the biographies here. 1994 Denver Post 30 Jan. e3/1 So you can see it is a legitimate, authentic, copper-bottomed sinecure, not just some piddling little every day ho-hum mill-run sinecure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mill-runv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mill-run n. Etymology: < mill-run n. U.S. Mining. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To yield (a specified amount) at a mill-run. ΚΠ 1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 57/1 The vein where it came from would mill-run not less than a thousand ounces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.adj.1652v.1884
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mill-runn.adj.

† mill-runv.