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mill·ing

(mĭl′ĭng)

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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milling

(ˈmɪlɪŋ)

1. (Mechanical Engineering) the act or process of grinding, cutting, pressing, or crushing in a mill

2. the vertical grooves or fluting on the edge of a coin, etc

3. (Agriculture) (in W North America) a method of halting a stampede of cattle by turning the leaders in a wide arc until the herd turns in upon itself in a tightening spiral

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Noun

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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milling

[ˈmɪlɪŋ]

A. N

1. (= grinding) → molienda f

2. (on coin) → cordoncillo m

B. CPD milling machine N → fresadora f

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milling

[ˈmɪlɪŋ] adj the milling crowd → la folla in movimento

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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.

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Well, one day we lowered for a pod of four or five whales, and my boat fastened to one of them; a regular circus horse he was, too, that went milling and milling round so, that my boat's crew could only trim dish, by sitting all their sterns on the outer gunwale.

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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.

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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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Gradually, through the milling, battling men, the warrior approached the object of his quest.

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The deer and the pig and the nilghai were milling round and round in a circle of eight or ten miles radius, while the Eaters of Flesh skirmished round its edge.