Milling /(?)/

Mill·ing

Milling

n.
  1. 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.

Phrases & Compounds

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.