Milling

What do we mean by milling?

The act or process of grinding, especially grinding grain into flour or meal. noun

The operation of cutting, shaping, finishing, or working products manufactured in a mill. noun

The ridges cut on the edges of coins. noun

The process of grinding, or subjecting materials to the action of the machinery of a grinding-mill. Specifically noun

The manufacture of cereals into flour or meal. noun

The operation of upsetting the edge of a coin-blank to form the milled edge; also, the operation of putting the series of small transverse ridges and furrows on the edge of an otherwise finished coin, or on a screw-head to adapt it for easy turning with the fingers. See milled screw, under screw. noun

A method of shaping metals in a milling-machine, by passing the metal under a serrated revolving cylinder or cutter noun

In metal-working, a method of ornamenting metallic surfaces by treatment in a lathe with ribbed tools, which produce ridged surfaces. noun

A method of softening and opening the pores of hides by placing them with some tan-liquor in a wooden drum which is caused to revolve. noun

The felting or fulling of a cloth to thicken it. noun

In pottery, the operation of grinding and mixing the slip. noun

A thrashing; a fight; a beating. noun

The act of playing around in a circle: said of a school of fish. Also called cart-wheeling. 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. noun

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. noun

Milling in which the reduction is effected in a single crushing or grinding. noun

A fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes. noun

A machine tool for dressing surfaces by rotary cutters. noun

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. noun

The 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. noun

To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.

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.

To cause to mill, or circle around.

(of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.

(of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.

To beat; to pound.

To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.

To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.

To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.

To undergo hulling.

To take part in a fistfight; to box.

To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.

(thieves' cant) To commit burglary.

Someone once said "To mill, is to be milled". What he meant no one knows, but when you're milling, you're in your room not doing anything in particular or worth your time.. but you're happy with that. It's a student thing. Urban Dictionary

When someone isn’t in the mood. Urban Dictionary

To devour ones food Urban Dictionary

One million dollars Urban Dictionary

1. The process of wandering aimlessly, similar to loitering. 2. Something average, shortening of 'run of the mill'. Urban Dictionary

Short for milligram. Dealing with opiates and such like prescription pills. Term originated from Fairfield County. The term is slowly spreading along with the addiction. Can also be called Oc's, Blues, Mill, Milled Urban Dictionary

In the times of Pugilism under the London Prizefight Ring Rules, British gents used this term as a verb to mean fight, thrash, beat, and box. Urban Dictionary

What happens to your bones when you’re having sex with a fat person; derived from the process of grain being milled into flour Urban Dictionary

To get badly injured or beaten up Urban Dictionary

One of the coolest kids you will ever meet in your life. The one everyone wants to be cool with. He's super friendly. He raps to make you smile. Really cute. Can dress his butt off! Just amazing (: You will love him! Urban Dictionary

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