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noun
1.
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
2.
a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour and other cereal products.
3.
a machine for grinding, crushing, or pulverizing any solid substance: a coffee mill.
4.
any of various machines that modify the shape or size of a workpiece by rotating tools or the work: rolling mill.
5.
EXPANDany of various other apparatuses for shaping materials or performing other mechanical operations.
6.
a business or institution that dispenses products or services in an impersonal or mechanical manner, as if produced in a factory: a divorce mill; a diploma mill.
7.
Machinery. a cutter on a milling machine.
8.
a steel roller for receiving and transferring an impressed design, as to a calico-printing cylinder or a banknote-printing plate.
9.
Mining. a place or set of machinery for crushing or concentrating ore.
10.
COLLAPSESlang. a boxing match or fistfight.
verb (used with object)
11.
to grind, work, treat, or shape in or with a mill.
12.
Coining.
a.
to make a raised edge on (a coin or the like).
b.
to make narrow, radial grooves on the raised edge of (a coin or the like).
13.
to beat or stir, as to a froth: to mill chocolate.
14.
Slang. to beat or strike; fight; overcome.
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Through the mill
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used without object)
Idiom15.
to move around aimlessly, slowly, or confusedly, as a herd of cattle (often followed by about or around).
16.
Slang. to fight or box.
17.
through the mill, Informal. undergoing or having undergone severe difficulties, trials, etc., especially with an effect on one's health, personality, or character: He's really been through the mill since his wife's death.
Origin:
before 950; Middle English milne, mille (noun), Old English myl(e)n < Late Latin molīna, noun use of feminine of molīnus of a mill, equivalent to Latin mol(a) mill + -īnus -ine1
before 950; Middle English milne, mille (noun), Old English myl(e)n < Late Latin molīna, noun use of feminine of molīnus of a mill, equivalent to Latin mol(a) mill + -īnus -ine1
Synonyms
15. crowd, wander, roam, teem.
15. crowd, wander, roam, teem.
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Word Origin & History
mill
"to keep moving round and round in a mass," 1874 (implied in milling), originally of cattle, from mill (n.1) on resemblance to the action of a mill wheel. Related: Milling.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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through the mill
Hardship or rough treatment, as in They put him through the mill, making him work at every one of the machines, or Jane was exhausted; she felt she'd been through the mill. This term alludes to being ground down like grain in a mill. [Late 1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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