Hypertext Webster Gateway: "milled"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Milled \Milled\, a.
Having been subjected to some process of milling.

{Milled cloth}, cloth that has been beaten in a fulling mill.


{Milled lead}, lead rolled into sheets.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mill \Mill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Milled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Milling}.] [See {Mill}, n., 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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

milled
adj : (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers
removed; "polished rice" [syn: {polished}]


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