Definition of Miling
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The notchs 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.
- Present participle of mill, to cut or grind.
The sawmill is working around the clock milling lumber for the new construction.
We are milling your grain now, the flour will be ready soon.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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