Mill v. t. [imp. & p. p. Milled p. pr. & vb. n. Milling.]
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]
6. To roll into bars, as steel.
To mill chocolate, to make it frothy, as by churning.
Milled a.
1. 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.
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milled
adj : (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers
removed; "polished rice" [syn: polished]