Airing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Air |
Airing
(n.) A walk or a ride in the open air |
Airing
(n.) An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc. |
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 |
Tilt-mill
(n.) A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on. |
Walk-mill
(n.) A fulling mill. |
Water mill
() A mill whose machinery is moved by water |
ventilation
airing | the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air |
| airing | a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air, he took the dogs for an airing |
grind
mill
pulverization
pulverisation | the act of grinding to a powder or dust |
gizzard
ventriculus
gastric mill | thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food |
| airing cupboard | a warm cupboard where you put newly washed clothes until they are completely dry |
| cider mill | mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider |
coffee mill
coffee grinder | a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans |
| cotton mill | a textile mill for making cotton textiles |
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 |
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 |
| paper mill | a mill where paper is manufactured |
pepper mill
pepper grinder | a mill for grinding pepper |
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 |
| rolling mill | steel mill where metal is rolled into sheets and bars |
stamp mill
stamping mill | a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps |
steel mill
steelworks
steel plant
steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
| textile mill | a factory for making textiles |
| water mill | a mill powered by a water wheel |
dissemination
airing
public exposure
spreading | the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate |
| mill agent | the responsible official at a mill that is under absentee ownership |
| mill-girl | a girl who works in a mill |
mill-hand
factory worker | a workman in a mill or factory |
Mill
John Mill
John Stuart Mill | English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (-) |
| Mill James Mill | Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism, father of John Stuart Mill (-) |
| mill | grind with a mill, mill grain |
| mill | roll out (metal) with a rolling machine |
| mill | produce a ridge around the edge of, mill a coin |
mill
mill about
mill around | move about in a confused manner |
d loiter
lounge
footle
lollygag
loaf
lallygag
hang around
mess about
tarry
linger
lurk
mill about
mill around
a | be about, The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square, Who is this man that is hanging around the department? |
run-of-the-mill
run-of-the-mine
mine run
unexceptional | not special in any way, run-of-the-mill boxing, your run-of-the-mine college graduate, a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career |