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[syn: milled, polished]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Milled \Milled\ (m[i^]ld), a.
1. Having been subjected to some process of milling.
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2. Specifically: Having multiple fine grooves on the rim, in
the direction from obverse to reverse; -- of coins. Coins
of silver and gold were milled to make it impossible for
uncrupulous persons to shave small pieces from the edge
without detection.
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Milled cloth, cloth that has been beaten in a fulling mill.
Milled lead, lead rolled into sheets.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mill \Mill\ (m[i^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Milled (m[i^]ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. Milling.] [See Mill, n., and cf. Muller.]
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1. To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a
mill; to grind; to comminute.
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2. To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a
machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by
means of a rotary cutter.
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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.
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4. To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
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5. To beat with the fists. [Cant] --Thackeray.
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6. To roll into bars, as steel.
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To mill chocolate, to make it frothy, as by churning.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
milled
adj 1: (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer
layers removed; "polished rice" [syn: milled,
polished]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "milled":
assembled, branny, built, cast, chalklike, chalky, comminute,
comminuted, constructed, crafted, created, crushed, custom,
custom-built, custom-made, detrital, detrited, disintegrated,
dusty, efflorescent, extracted, fabricated, farinaceous, fashioned,
fine, flaky, floury, forged, formed, furfuraceous, gathered,
gone to dust, grated, ground, grown, handcrafted, handmade,
harvested, homemade, homespun, impalpable, levigated, machine-made,
machined, made, made to order, man-made, manufactured, mealy,
mined, molded, pestled, powdered, powdery, prefab, prefabricated,
processed, pulverant, pulverized, pulverulent, put together,
raised, ready-for-wear, ready-formed, ready-made, ready-prepared,
ready-to-wear, reduced to powder, refined, scaly, scobicular,
scobiform, scurfy, shaped, sharded, shredded, smelted, triturated,
well-built, well-constructed, well-made