From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Milling \Mill"ing\, n.
The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill;
the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or
intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing
surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See {Mill}.
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{High milling}, milling in which grain is reduced to flour by
a succession of crackings, or of slight and partial
crushings, alternately with sifting and sorting the
product.
{Low milling}, milling in which the reduction is effected in
a single crushing or grinding.
{Milling cutter}, a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for
dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes.
{Milling machine}, a machine tool for dressing surfaces by
rotary cutters.
{Milling tool}, a roller with indented edge or surface, for
producing like indentations in metal by rolling pressure,
as in turning; a knurling tool; a milling cutter.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mill \Mill\ (m[i^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Milled} (m[i^]ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Milling}.] [See {Mill}, n., and cf. {Muller}.]
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1. To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a
mill; to grind; to comminute.
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2. To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a
machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by
means of a rotary cutter.
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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.
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4. To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
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5. To beat with the fists. [Cant] --Thackeray.
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6. To roll into bars, as steel.
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{To mill chocolate}, to make it frothy, as by churning.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
milling
n 1: corrugated edge of a coin
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