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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mill \Mill\ (m[i^]l), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Milled} (m[i^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Milling}.] [See {Mill}, noun, 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Milled \Milled\ (m[i^]ld), adjective
1. Having been subjected to some process of milling.
2. Specifically: Having multiple fine grooves on the rim, in the direction from obverse to reverse; -- of coins. Coins of silver and gold were milled to make it impossible for uncrupulous persons to shave small pieces from the edge without detection. [PJC]
{Milled cloth}, cloth that has been beaten in a fulling mill.
{Milled lead}, lead rolled into sheets.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
milled
adjective: (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice" [syn: {polished}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "milled": assembled, branny, built, cast, chalklike, chalky, comminute, comminuted, constructed, crafted, created, crushed, custom, custom-built, custom-made, detrital, detrited, disintegrated, dusty, efflorescent, extracted, fabricated, farinaceous, fashioned, fine, flaky, floury, forged, formed, furfuraceous, gathered, gone to dust, grated, ground, grown, handcrafted, handmade, harvested, homemade, homespun, impalpable, levigated, machine-made, machined, made, made to order, man-made, manufactured, mealy, mined, molded, pestled, powdered, powdery, prefab, prefabricated, processed, pulverant, pulverized, pulverulent, put together, raised, ready-for-wear, ready-formed, ready-made, ready-prepared, ready-to-wear, reduced to powder, refined, scaly, scobicular, scobiform, scurfy, shaped, sharded, shredded, smelted, triturated, well-built, well-constructed, well-made
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