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Webster 1913 Edition
Milling
Mill′ing
,Noun.
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.
Definition 2024
milling
milling
English
Noun
milling (plural millings)
- The series of notches around the edge of a coin, placed there during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. Removing metal from a coin was common practice during earlier times when coins made of precious metals circulated.
- A grinding process using a mill
Verb
milling
- present participle of mill
Translations
Present participle of mill
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