单词 | millering |
释义 | milleringn. Now rare (English regional (south-western)). The work or trade of a miller. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] milling1466 millering1761 mealinga1810 flouring1855 farination1859 high grinding1869 gristing1883 corn-grinding1905 1761 Pennsylvania Gaz. 25 June 4/3 (advt.) A Person, either single, or with a small Family, that understands the Millering Business in all its Branches..may meet with good Encouragement. 1776 in New Jersey Archives (1901) 2nd Ser. I. 119 Robert Colebrook..says he understands the millering business. 1798 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1893) XIV. 4 To carry on the millering and distillery business. 1818 W. Cobbett Let. 15 Dec. in Year's Resid. U.S.A. (1819) iii. 411 Any of the men..could do the millering very well. 1887 Cent. Mag. Aug. 640/1 ‘My perfession, Mars' Jack, am fustly, deacon o de church; thirdly, millerin'; nextly, a hoe hand.’ ‘Millering? What mill do you run?’ 1986 M. F. Wakelin Southwest of Eng. xviii. 102 [What was your very first job when you left school then?] Oh, well, I went millering, on the millering like. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1761 |
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