oil milln.
/ˈɔɪl mɪl/, U.S. /ˈɔɪl ˌmɪl/ An installation, apparatus, or factory in which seeds, fruits, or other plant parts are crushed or pressed to extract oil.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > oil-press or -mill
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding > for oil
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing fruit and vegetables > [noun] > place where fruit or seeds are processed
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tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 495 (MED) Oilmilles, whelis, wrongis..y nil not speke of now.
1525 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 212 Also my oile mylne.
a1687 W. Petty Papers (1927) I. 205 Of windmills, watermills, oyle mills, iron mills, clocks, watches, jacks, and other wheele workes.
1747 B. Franklin Let. 16 July in Wks. (1887) II. 75 We have many oil-mills in this province, it being a great country for flax.
1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. ii. vii. 357 Because their fathers were professional men, or had large oil-mills.
1954 R. Wailes Eng. Windmill xvi. 145 Wind-driven oil mills were used at King's Lynn, Norfolk, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and on Cathedral Mount, Liverpool, within the last century.
1984 E. David Omelette & Glass of Wine 78 Good olive oil we have bought direct from the little oil mill.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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