Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis. |
Craze-mill (n.) Alt. of Crazing-mill |
Crazing-mill (n.) A mill for grinding tin ore. |
Mill (n.) A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar. |
Mill (n.) A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces |
Mill (n.) A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process |
Mill (n.) A machine for grinding and polishing |
Mill (n.) A common name for various machines which produce a manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the continuous repetition of some simple action |
Mill (n.) A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on |
Mill (n.) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper. |
Mill (n.) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. |
Mill (n.) A passage underground through which ore is shot. |
Mill (n.) A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling. |
Mill (n.) A pugilistic. |
Mill (n.) To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill |
Mill (n.) To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine |
Mill (n.) 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 |
Mill (n.) To pass through a fulling mill |
Mill (n.) To beat with the fists. |
Mill (n.) To roll into bars, as steel. |
Mill (v. i.) To swim under water |
Mill-cake (n.) The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of a dense mass or cake, ready to be subjected to the process of granulation. |
Mill-sixpence (n.) A milled sixpence |
Ring (v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body |
Ring (v. t.) To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell |
Ring (v. t.) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. |
Ring (v. i.) To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one. |
Ring (v. i.) To practice making music with bells. |
Ring (v. i.) To sound loud |
Ring (v. i.) To continue to sound or vibrate |
Ring (v. i.) To be filled with report or talk |
Ring (n.) A sound |
Ring (n.) Any loud sound |
Ring (n.) A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. |
Ring (n.) A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop. |
Ring (n.) Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person |
Ring (n.) A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed |
Ring (n.) An inclosed space in which pugilists fight |
Ring (n.) A circular group of persons. |
Ring (n.) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles. |
Ring (n.) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure. |
Ring (n.) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite. |
Ring (n.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium. |
Ring (n.) A clique |
Ring (v. t.) To surround with a ring, or as with a ring |
Ring (v. t.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark |
Ring (v. t.) To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout. |
Ring (v. i.) To rise in the air spirally. |
Ring-necked (a.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. |
Ring-streaked (a.) Having circular streaks or lines on the body |
grind mill pulverization pulverisation | the act of grinding to a powder or dust |
ring-around-theosy ring-around-aosy ring-aosy | a children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat |
round dance ring dance | a folk dance, dancers form a circle |
ring vaccination | administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient, prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization |
ring containment | a strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism, vaccination only of people exposed and others who are in contact with them, ring containment is a proven method of halting a smallpox epidemic |
ring rot bacteria Pseudomonas solanacearum | causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc |
ring ouzel ring blackbird ring thrush Turdus torquatus | European thrush common in rocky areas, the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck |
ringneck snake ring-necked snake ring snake | any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck |
grass snake ring snake ringed snake Natrix natrix | harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar, common in England |
ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus | common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring |
ring-necked parakeet Psittacula krameri | African parakeet |
gizzard ventriculus gastric mill | thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food |
Madagascar cat ring-tailed lemur Lemur catta | small lemur having its tail barred with black |
a bassarisk cacomistle cacomixle coon cat raccoon fox ringtail ring-tailed cat civet cat miner's cat Bassariscus astutus | raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings |
band ring | a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) |
beltway bypass ring road ringway | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center |
bevel gear pinion and crown wheel pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle |
binder ring-binder | holds loose papers or magazines |
boxing ring prize ring | a square ring where boxers fight |
carabiner karabiner snap ring | an oblong metal ring with a spring clip, used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes |
chain mail ring mail mail chain armor chain armour ring armor ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
cider mill | mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider |
coffee mill coffee grinder | a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans |
comforter pacifier baby's dummy teething ring | device used for an infant to suck or bite on |
cotton mill | a textile mill for making cotton textiles |
curtain ring | a circular ring for holding up a curtain |
engagement ring | a ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal |
factory mill manufacturing plant manufactory | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
flour mill | a mill for grinding grain into flour |
gas ring | gas burner consisting of a circular metal pipe with several small holes through which gas can escape to be burned |
hoop ring | a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling, there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse |
key ring | a circular ring of metal for holding keys |
life buoy lifesaver life belt life ring | a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material |
lockring lock ring lock washer | washer that prevents a nut from loosening |
mill grinder milling machinery | machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing |
millwheel mill wheel | water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill |
mourning ring | a ring worn as a memorial to a dead person |
napkin ring | a circular band used to hold a particular person's napkin |
nose ring | a ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control it |
O ring | a gasket consisting of a flat ring of rubber or plastic, used to seal a joint against high pressure |
paper mill | a mill where paper is manufactured |
pepper mill pepper grinder | a mill for grinding pepper |
piston ring | seal consisting of a split metal ring that seals the gap between a piston and the cylinder wall |
public house pub saloon pothouse gin mill taphouse | tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms, often provides light meals |
quartz battery quartz mill | a stamp mill for stamping quartz |
ring band | jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger, she had rings on every finger, he noted that she wore a wedding band |
ring | a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle |
rolling mill | steel mill where metal is rolled into sheets and bars |
signet ring seal ring | a ring bearing a signet |
slinger ring | dispenser consisting of a tubular ring around the propeller hub of an airplane through which antifreeze solution is spread over the blades |