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noun an act or instance of subjecting something to the operation of a mill.
an act or process of producing plane or shaped surfaces with a milling machine.
Coining . an act or process of making a raised edge on a coin or the like. an act or process of making narrow, radial grooves on such a raised edge. a number of grooves so made. Slang . a beating or thrashing.
Origin of milling 1425–75; late Middle English. See mill1 , -ing1
Words nearby milling millimicron, millimole, milline, milliner, millinery, milling , milling machine, Millington, million, millionaire, millionairess
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Example sentences from the Web for milling Milling crowds turned out asking for U.S. help and there was praise for Kerry.
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There, hundreds of passengers were milling around with their luggage in a state of utter confusion.
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Girls are milling outside in mini-dresses and low-cropped tops talking to bouncers behind the red velvet ropes.
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It was after lunch, and the 80 or so veterans were milling around, chatting, and watching TV.
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Her children were milling around and acting up as children will, yet she kept her focus as she talked.
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To speak of the wonderful strides which the art of milling has taken during the past decade has become exceedingly trite.
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If they should now get to milling , doubtless many of them would be crushed to death!
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Its principal industries are: distilling, milling , machinery-making, leather-working and saw-milling .
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 | Various
The scientist jumped out and made his way through the milling crowd.
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There were four or five hundred people there, milling around like a herd of restless cattle.
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British Dictionary definitions for milling noun the act or process of grinding, cutting, pressing, or crushing in a mill
the vertical grooves or fluting on the edge of a coin, etc
(in W North America) a method of halting a stampede of cattle by turning the leaders in a wide arc until the herd turns in upon itself in a tightening spiral
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Words related to milling pulverize, pound, crush, grate, powder, granulate, press, comminute