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12 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lapidary \Lap"i*da*ry\, n.; pl {Lapidaries}. [L. lapidarius, fr lapidarius pertaining to stone: cf F. lapidaire.] 1. An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence a dealer in precious stones. 2. A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work {Lapidary's lathe}, {mill}, {or wheel}, a machine consisting essentially of a revolving lap on a vertical spindle, used by a lapidary for grinding and polishing. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mill \Mill\ (m[i^]l), n. [L. mille a thousand. Cf {Mile}.] A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mill \Mill\, n. [OE. mille, melle, mulle, milne, AS myln, mylen; akin to D. molen, G. m["u]hle, OHG. mul[=i], mul[=i]n, Icel. mylna; all prob. from L. molina, fr mola millstone; prop., that which grinds, akin to molere to grind, Goth. malan, G. mahlen, and to E. meal. [root]108. See Meal flour, and cf {Moline}.] 1. A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill. 2. A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; as a cider mill; a cane mill. 3. A machine for grinding and polishing; as a lapidary mill. 4. A common name for various machines which produce a manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the continuous repetition of some simple action as a sawmill; a stamping mill, etc 5. A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on as a cotton mill; a powder mill; a rolling mill. 6. (Die Sinking) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper. 7. (Mining) a An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. b A passage underground through which ore is shot. 8. A milling cutter. See Illust. under {Milling}. 9. A pugilistic. [Cant] --R. D. Blackmore {Edge mill}, {Flint mill}, etc See under {Edge}, {Flint}, etc {Mill bar} (Iron Works), a rough bar rolled or drawn directly from a bloom or puddle bar for conversion into merchant iron in the mill. {Mill cinder}, slag from a puddling furnace. {Mill head}, the head of water employed to turn the wheel of a mill. {Mill pick}, a pick for dressing millstones. {Mill pond}, a pond that supplies the water for a mill. {Mill race}, the canal in which water is conveyed to a mill wheel, or the current of water which drives the wheel. {Mill tail}, the water which flows from a mill wheel after turning it or the channel in which the water flows. {Mill tooth}, a grinder or molar tooth. {Mill wheel}, the water wheel that drives the machinery of a mill. {Roller mill}, a mill in which flour or meal is made by crushing grain between rollers. {Stamp mill} (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed by stamps. {To go through the mill}, to experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state. 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mill \Mill\, v. i. (Zo["o]l.) To swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Molding \Mold"ing\, Moulding \Mould"ing\, p.a. Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern. {Molding, or Moulding}, {board}. a See {Follow board}, under {Follow}, v. t. b A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped. {Molding, or Moulding}, {machine}. a (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings. ( b ) (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. {Molding, or Moulding}, {mill}, a mill for shaping timber. {Molding, or Moulding}, {sand} (Founding), a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mill \Mill\, v. i. 1. To undergo hulling, as maize. 2. To move in a circle, as cattle upon a plain. The deer and the pig and the nilghar were milling round and round in a circle of eight or ten miles radius. --Kipling. 3. To swim suddenly in a new direction; -- said of whales. 4. To take part in a mill; to box. [Cant] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mill \Mill\, n. 1. Short for {Treadmill}. 2. The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything as a coin or screw. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mill \Mill\, v. t. 1. (Mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom. 2. To cause to mill, or circle round, as cattle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mill n 1: buildings with facilities for manufacturing [syn: {factory}, {manufacturing plant}, {manufactory}] 2: a machine that processes materials by grinding or crushing [syn: {grinder}] 3: the act of grinding [syn: {grind}, {pulverization}, {pulverisation}] v 1: move about in a confused manner [syn: {mill about}, {mill around}] 2: grind with a mill; "mill grain" 3: of the edge of a coin 4: roll out (metal) with a rolling machine From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: mill {Arithmetic and Logic Unit} From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Mill for grinding corn, mentioned as used in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). That used by the Hebrews consisted of two circular stones, each 2 feet in diameter and half a foot thick, the lower of which was called the "nether millstone" (Job 41:24) and the upper the "rider." The upper stone was turned round by a stick fixed in it as a handle. There were then no public mills, and thus each family required to be provided with a hand-mill. The corn was ground daily, generally by the women of the house (Isa. 47:1, 2; Matt. 24:41). It was with the upper stone of a hand-mill that "a certain woman" at Thebez broke Abimelech's skull (Judg. 9:53, "a piece of a millstone;" literally, "a millstone rider", i.e., the "runner," the stone which revolves. Comp. 2 Sam. 11:21). Millstones could not be pledged (Deut. 24:6), as they were necessary in every family.
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