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milled |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Milled \Milled\, a. Having been subjected to some process of milling. {Milled cloth}, cloth that has been beaten in a fulling mill. {Milled lead}, lead rolled into sheets. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mill \Mill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Milled}; p. pr & vb n. {Milling}.] [See {Mill}, n., and cf {Muller}.] 1. To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill; to grind; to comminute. 2. To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by means of a rotary cutter. 3. To make a raised border around the edges of or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of as of a coin, or a screw head; also to stamp in a coining press; to coin. 4. To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth. 5. To beat with the fists. [Cant] --Thackeray. 6. To roll into bars, as steel. {To mill chocolate}, to make it frothy, as by churning. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: milled adj : (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice" [syn: {polished}]
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