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. |
Broken wind () The heaves. |
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 |
Thick wind () A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema. |
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 |
Wind (v. t.) To turn completely, or with repeated turns |
Wind (v. t.) To entwist |
Wind (v. t.) To have complete control over |
Wind (v. t.) To introduce by insinuation |
Wind (v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about |
Wind (v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly |
Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction |
Wind (v. i.) To go to the one side or the other |
Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning |
Wind (n.) Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity |
Wind (n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action |
Wind (n.) Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. |
Wind (n.) Power of respiration |
Wind (n.) Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels |
Wind (n.) Air impregnated with an odor or scent. |
Wind (n.) A direction from which the wind may blow |
Wind (n.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. |
Wind (n.) Mere breath or talk |
Wind (n.) The dotterel. |
Wind (v. t.) To expose to the wind |
Wind (v. t.) To perceive or follow by the scent |
Wind (v. t.) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind |
wind winding twist | the act of winding or twisting, he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind |
grind mill pulverization pulverisation | the act of grinding to a powder or dust |
wind | breath, the collision knocked the wind out of him |
second wind | the return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion |
fart farting flatus wind breaking wind | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus |
gizzard ventriculus gastric mill | thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food |
aeolian harp aeolian lyre wind harp | a harp having strings tuned in unison, they sound when wind passes over them |
anemometer wind gauge wind gage | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
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 |
pinwheel pinwheel wind collector | a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind |
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 |
weathervane weather vane vane wind vane | mechanical device attached to an elevated structure, rotates freely to show the direction of the wind |
wind chime wind bell | a decorative arrangement of pieces of metal or glass or pottery that hang together loosely so the wind can cause them to tinkle |
wind farm wind park wind energy facility | a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity |
wind instrument wind | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath |
windmill aerogenerator wind generator | generator that extracts usable energy from winds |
windmill | a mill that is powered by the wind |
wind rose | weather map showing the frequency and strength of winds from different directions |
wind tee | weather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield |
wind tunnel | a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft |
wind turbine | a turbine that is driven by the wind |
second wind | renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking, She had dinner and got a second wind to finish painting, the employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind |
windage wind deflection | the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind |
windage wind exposure | exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) |
tip lead steer confidential information wind hint | an indication of potential opportunity, he got a tip on the stock market, a good lead for a job |
wind malarkey malarky idle words jazz nothingness | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk, that's a lot of wind, don't give me any of that jazz |
windsock wind sock sock air sock air-sleeve wind sleeve wind cone drogue | a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast, used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind |
Wind Cave National Park | a national park in South Dakota featuring bison herds and limestone caverns |
wind gap | a pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it |
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 (-) |
Mills Robert Mills | United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (-) |
wind | a tendency or force that influences events, the winds of change |