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• Sixpence

  ·noun An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents. ...

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• Mill

  ·noun To beat with the fists. II. Mill ·noun To roll into bars, as steel. III. Mill ·noun A <<Pugi...

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• Mill

  For grinding corn, mentioned as used in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). That used by the Hebrews co...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• mill

  A chisel. to mill To rob; also to break, beat out, or kill. I'll mill your glaze; I'll beat out yo...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• mill

  A boxing match, whether standing up or nailed to a chest. ...

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• Mill

  The mills of the ancient Hebrews probably differed but little from those at present in use in the Ea...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Barker's mill

  ·- A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into...

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• Craze-mill

  ·noun ·Alt. of Crazing-mill. ...

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• Crazing-mill

  ·noun A mill for grinding tin ore. ...

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• Mill-cake

  ·noun The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of a dense mass or cake, ready to be sub...

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• Tilt-mill

  ·noun A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on. ...

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• Walk-mill

  ·noun A fulling mill. ...

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• Water mill

  ·- A mill whose machinery is moved by water; — distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill. ...

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• Mill, James

  (1773-1836) Philosopher and historian, s. of a shoemaker, was b. at Montrose, and showing signs of ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• The Horse Mill

  Tenement called "le Horsmylle" in Graschirchstrete in parish of St. Peter upon Cornhulle granted to ...

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• Mill Alley

  See Great Bell Alley, Coleman Street. ...

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• Mill Bridge

  In St. Catherine's Thames Street (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. Qy. = Mille Dock. ...

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• mill lay

  To force open the doors of houses in order to rob them. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• water-mill

  A woman's private parts. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wind-mill

  The fundament. She has no fortune but her mills; i.e. she has nothing but her **** and a*se. ...

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• flouring-mill

  A grist mill. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• boltin-mill

  a hand-mill. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• mill-holms

  watery places about a mill-dam. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• smilting-mill

  a furnace for melting lead-ore. Derb. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Mill, John Stuart

  (1806-1873) Philosopher, s. of the above, b. in London, was ed. by his f. with the view of making h...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wind Mill Alley

  West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677). Site now occupied by offices and business...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• to go through the mill

  A metaphor alluding to grain which has been through the mill. A Western editor observed that the mai...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.