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Definition of Milling
1. Noun. Corrugated edge of a coin.
Definition of Milling
1. n. 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.
Definition of Milling
1. Noun. The notches around the edge of a coin, placed there during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. Removing metal from a coin was common practice during earlier times when coins made of precious metals circulated. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of mill) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Milling
1. a corrugated edge on a coin [n -S]
Medical Definition of Milling
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. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milling
Literary usage of Milling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin (1914)
"Tailings from the free milling test assayed .012 of an oz. of gold per ton.
The cyanide test extracted the last trace of gold from the tailings. ..."
2. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"Face milling; use of solid or built up face mills as in facing gas engine cylinder
castings for manifold connections; milling of pieces held in fixtures. ..."
3. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"The horsepower required for removing a cubic inch of metal per minute on the
milling machine may be safely considered as ii horsepower for steel and f ..."
4. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"milling Cutters MACHINE WORKS AND FOUNDRIES work on the milling machine ...
89349 C. milling Cutters. Notes on the Manufacture and Upkeep of milling Cutters ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"When the milling machine is used as a substitute for other machine tools, on work
other than duplicate work, the machine cannot be placed in the charge of ..."
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