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mill: see milling milling, mechanical grinding of wheat or other grains to produce flour. Milling separates the fine, mealy parts of grain from the fibrous bran covering. In prehistoric times grain was crushed between two flat stones. ..... Click the link for more information. . An ancient term for a numerical processing device.
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| The rush of the water and the booming of the mill bring a dreamy deafness, which seems to heighten the peacefulness of the scene.
A CHARGER, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill instead of going out to battle. They plow with a board slightly shod with iron; their trifling little harrows are drawn by men and women; small windmills grind the corn, ten bushels a day, and there is one assistant superintendent to feed the mill and a general superintendent to stand by and keep him from going to sleep. |
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