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Meaning of mills
noun
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. Example: Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus. Example: My grandfather worked in a mill.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process. Example: a cider mill; a cane mill
- A machine for grinding and polishing. Example: a lapidary mill
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
verb
- To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine. Example: to mill flour
- To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion. Example: I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.
- To cause to mill, or circle around. Example: to mill cattle
noun
- An obsolete coin worth one thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax.
noun
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
noun
- (trading card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (trading card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
verb
- (trading card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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