Crossword clues for milled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill; to grind; to comminute.
To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by means of a rotary cutter.
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.
To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
To beat with the fists. [Cant]
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To roll into bars, as steel.
To mill chocolate, to make it frothy, as by churning.
Milled \Milled\ (m[i^]ld), a.
Having been subjected to some process of milling.
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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.
Milled cloth, cloth that has been beaten in a fulling mill.
Milled lead, lead rolled into sheets.
Wiktionary
ground by a mill. v
(en-past of: mill)
WordNet
adj. (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice" [syn: polished]
Usage examples of "milled".
The walls were of barkless log, milled flat on the inside, and the ceiling joists were squared-off and planed.
Tim and his noble guests dawdled over their postprandial wines and cordials in the lamplit dining chamber, tall bonfires threw leaping, dancing shadows in both main and rear courtyards, where lancers and dragoons, Ahrmehnee and Kindred milled and laughed and shouted, gorging themselves on coarse bread and dripping chunks carved from the whole oxen slowly revolving on the spits, guzzling tankards of foaming beer, tart cider and watered wine.
Spells against spoilage, against rot, and against the destruction of any of the myriad containers of the grain, for since it had all been brought from the farms or from Selken ships, it came stored in sacks and barrels, some as milled flour, some as whole grains.
Through the haze of its dust I could see the dead elephant lying motionless like a great grey rock, and beyond it, the rest of the herd, half hidden in their own dust cloud, milled around, the sound of their squealing and growling coming to us as a distant, confused din, like the roar of a panicking crowd.
Curious onlookers milled about the schoolhouse steps at the end of the day and unenrolled children popped into the classroom to get a better look at the new schoolmistress.
Thirty yards away milled a small flock of yellowish sheep, their filthy coats deeply encrusted with the dust and burrs of the desert, their eyes peering dumbly from beneath unsheared locks of fleece falling over their faces as they meandered calmly down a barely visible trail in the gravel.
For two hours after the beachmaster suspended landings, about 50 LCTs and LCIs milled about looking for gaps in the obstacles.
So he stood there and watched through the crack in the door as they milled around the submarine ride for a minute and then moved off toward the fake mountain where the bobsled ride was.
Thousands of camels, horses, and goats milled around, as men racing back and forth on camelback herded them into cohesive groups.
The crowd milled indignantly in the small dayroom, everybody talking excitedly.
Merchants, sailors, and dockhands milled about the rotting wooden docks, busying themselves with a dizzying variety of wares.
Such dyes are very useful for dyeing heavily milled or felted fabrics, such as hat bodies for instance, as then the dye possesses greater penetrative properties and passes more into the substance of the fabric, which is, therefore, better dyed through.
Laden with a twenty-pound sack of wheat flour -- milled from the Epp variety -- he, along with his wife and sister, found room on a ferry barge which had operated for years between the Vistula villages of Nickelswalde and Schiewenhorst.
Urtoba wheat, of Epp wheat, of wheat flour milled from Schliephacke No.
Alliance pilots of all ranks and divisions milled about on the narrow guideways, exchanging flight information, maintenance requirements, tales of their fearless exploits.