milling: Meaning and Definition of

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.
    1. an act or process of making a raised edge on a coin or the like.
    2. an act or process of making narrow, radial grooves on such a raised edge.
    3. a number of grooves so made.
  3. a beating or thrashing.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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