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May 27, 2012
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mill•ing



Pronunciation: (mil'ing), [key]
—n.
1. an act or instance of subjecting something to the operation of a mill.
2. an act or process of producing plane or shaped surfaces with a milling machine.
3. Coining.
a. an act or process of making a raised edge on a coin or the like.
b. an act or process of making narrow, radial grooves on such a raised edge.
c. a number of grooves so made.
4. Slang.a beating or thrashing.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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