Meaning of MILLING
Pronunciation: | | 'miling
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] corrugated edge of a coin
- [adj] moving about or around; "the milling crowd"
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| Synonyms: | | moving, shuffling |
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| See Also: | | edge | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Mill"ing\, n.
The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill;
the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or
intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing
surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See {Mill}.
{High milling}, milling in which grain is reduced to flour by
a succession of crackings, or of slight and partial
crushings, alternately with sifting and sorting the
product.
{Low milling}, milling in which the reduction is effected in
a single crushing or grinding.
{Milling cutter}, a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for
dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes.
{Milling machine}, a machine tool for dressing surfaces by
rotary cutters.
{Milling tool}, a roller with indented edge or surface, for
producing like indentations in metal by rolling pressure,
as in turning; a knurling tool; a milling cutter.
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