Definition of Millcake

1. n. The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of a dense mass or cake, ready to be subjected to the process of granulation.

Definition of Millcake

1. a residue from pressed linseed [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Millcake

mill rate
mill rates
mill residue
mill wheel murmur
millability
millable
millage
millage tax
millages
millah
millahs
millarcsecond
millarcseconds
millboard
millboards
millcake (current term)
millcakes
milldam
milldams
milldust
mille
mille-feuille
mille-feuilles
milled
milled-in curves
milled-in paths
milled around
millefeuille
millefeuilles

Literary usage of Millcake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1873)
"The macs is then subjected to great pressure, and the millcake thus produced broken in pieces, and placed in sieves made of perforated vellum, ..."

2. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"The mixture, now called "millcake," is next pressed very hard in a hydrostatic press (see WATER) into thin smooth cakes, called " press-cake," which is ..."

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