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milling

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mill·ing  (mlng)
n.
1. The act or process of grinding, especially grinding grain into flour or meal.
2. The operation of cutting, shaping, finishing, or working products manufactured in a mill.
3. The ridges cut on the edges of coins.
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Noun1.milling - corrugated edge of a coin
edge - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"


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My father and his brothers had long dreamed of a sort of family colony somewhere in the country, and now the uncle who was most prosperous bought a milling property on a river not far from Dayton, and my father went out to take charge of it until the others could shape their business to follow him.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Turveydrop was in bed, I found, and Caddy was milling his chocolate, which a melancholy little boy who was an apprentice --it seemed such a curious thing to be apprenticed to the trade of dancing--was waiting to carry upstairs.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
They stood stupidly at first and then commenced milling around until six of their number lay dead or dying about them; then with a chorus of grunts and squeals they started off at a wild run, disappearing quickly in the dense underbrush.
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