[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mill \mill\, n. oe. mille, melle, mulle, milne, as. myln,
   mylen; akin to d. molen, g. m"uhle, ohg. mulimac,
   mulimacn, icel. mylna; all prob. from l. molina, fr. mola
   millstone; prop., that which grinds, akin to molere to grind,
   goth. malan, g. mahlen, and to e. meal. root108. see meal
   flour, and cf. moline.
   1913 webster
   1. a machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as
      grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough,
      or indented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a
      bone mill.
      1913 webster

   2. 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; as, a
      cider mill; a cane mill.
      1913 webster

   3. a machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill.
      1913 webster

   4. 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; as, a
      sawmill; a stamping mill, etc.
      1913 webster

   5. a building or collection of buildings with machinery by
      which the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as, a
      cotton mill; a powder mill; a rolling mill.
      1913 webster

   6. die sinking a hardened steel roller having a design in
      relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design
      in a softer metal, as copper.
      1913 webster

   7. mining
      a an excavation in rock, transverse to the workings,
          from which material for filling is obtained.
      b a passage underground through which ore is shot.
          1913 webster

   8. a milling cutter. see illust. under milling.
      1913 webster

   9. a pugilistic encounter. cant --r. d. blackmore.
      1913 webster

   10. short for treadmill.
       webster 1913 suppl.

   11. the raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling
       anything, as a coin or screw.
       webster 1913 suppl.

   12. a building or complex of buildings containing a mill1
       or other machinery to grind grains into flour.
       pjc

   edge mill, flint mill, etc. see under edge, flint,
      etc.

   mill bar iron works, a rough bar rolled or drawn directly
      from a bloom or puddle bar for conversion into merchant
      iron in the mill.

   mill cinder, slag from a puddling furnace.

   mill head, the head of water employed to turn the wheel of
      a mill.

   mill pick, a pick for dressing millstones.

   mill pond, a pond that supplies the water for a mill.

   mill race, the canal in which water is conveyed to a mill
      wheel, or the current of water which drives the wheel.

   mill tail, the water which flows from a mill wheel after
      turning it, or the channel in which the water flows.

   mill tooth, a grinder or molar tooth.

   mill wheel, the water wheel that drives the machinery of a
      mill.

   gin mill, a tavern; a bar; a saloon; especially, a cheap or
      seedy establishment that serves liquor by the drink.

   roller mill, a mill in which flour or meal is made by
      crushing grain between rollers.

   stamp mill mining, a mill in which ore is crushed by
      stamps.

   to go through the mill, to experience the suffering or
      discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of
      knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.
      1913 webster
see also:
moline milling treadmill edge mill flint mill edge 
flint mill bar mill cinder mill head mill pick 
mill pond mill race mill tail mill tooth mill wheel 
gin mill roller mill stamp mill to go through the mill 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

edge \edge\ e^j, n. oe. eg, egge, as. ecg; akin to ohg.
   ekka, g. ecke, icel.  sw. egg, dan. eg, and to l. acies, gr.
   'akh` point, skr. a,cri edge. root1. cf. egg, v. t.,
   eager, ear spike of corn, acute.
   1. the thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as,
      the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. hence,
      figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds
      deeply, etc.
      1913 webster

            he which hath the sharp sword with two edges. --rev.
                                                  ii. 12.
      1913 webster

            slander,
            whose edge is sharper than the sword. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme
      verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
      1913 webster

            upon the edge of yonder coppice.      --shak.
      1913 webster

            in worst extremes, and on the perilous edge
            of battle.                            --milton.
      1913 webster

            pursue even to the very edge of destruction. --sir
                                                  w. scott.
      1913 webster

   3. sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness;
      intenseness of desire.
      1913 webster

            the full edge of our indignation.     --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

            death and persecution lose all the ill that they can
            have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our
            fears and by our vices.               --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   4. the border or part adjacent to the line of division; the
      beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. "on
      the edge of winter." --milton.
      1913 webster

   edge joint carp., a joint formed by two edges making a
      corner.

   edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll
      around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used
      for ore, and as an oil mill. called also chilian mill.
      

   edge molding arch., a molding whose section is made up of
      two curves meeting in an angle.

   edge plane.
      a carp. a plane for edging boards.
      b shoemaking a plane for edging soles.

   edge play, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or
      cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point,
      is employed.

   edge rail. railroad
      a a rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth
          than width.
      b a guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch.
          --knight.

   edge railway, a railway having the rails set on edge.

   edge stone, a curbstone.

   edge tool.
      a any tool or instrument having a sharp edge intended
          for cutting.
      b a tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging
          tool.

   to be on edge,
      a to be eager, impatient, or anxious.
      b to be irritable or nervous.

   on edge,
      a see to be on edge.
      b see to set the teeth on edge.

   to set the teeth on edge,
      a to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the
          teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them.
          archaic --bacon.
      b to produce a disagreeable or unpleasant sensation; to
          annoy or repel; -- often used of sounds; as, the
          screeching of of the subway train wheels sets my teeth
          on edge.
          1913 webster +pjc
see also:
egg eager ear acute edge joint edge mill 
chilian mill edge molding edge plane edge play edge rail 
edge railway edge stone edge tool to be on edge on edge 
to be on edge to set the teeth on edge to set the teeth on edge 

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