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ˈrolling-mill
[rolling vbl. n.2 or ppl. a.]
A mill or powerful machine in or by which metal, etc., is rolled out or flattened.
1787M. Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) I. 286 The force..which is applied to the rolling and slitting mills by means of vastly large and double water-wheels. 1799Hull Advertiser 27 July 4/3 The immense hammers, the wheels, the rolling-mills and the water-works. 1863P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 228 There are two rolling-mills at present working at Millwall, one for angles and bar iron, and the other for plates and heavy bars. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 763/2 The rolling mill for sole-leather has a small brass roller, driven by steam-power and passing over a concave bed covered with brass. |