单词 | milled |
释义 | milledadj. 1. Of an article of clothing: made of cloth thickened by fulling. Of cloth: pressed, rolled, fulled. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > fulled waulked1490 milled1558 thicked1604 1558 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1994) (modernized text) IX. 47 A milled towel, a red covering. 1592 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1998) (modernized text) XI. 71 A half sheet and a milled towel. c1633 in W. Fraser Scotts of Buccleuch (1878) II. 280 Ane pair of gray milned stockinis. 1635 Rates Marchandizes sig. E7 Double Sayes or Flaunders Searges... Milde Sayes the piece. 1670 London Gaz. No. 517/4 A Stuff Cloak lined with Mill'd serge. 1734 S.-Carolina Gaz. 2 Nov. 3/1 Just imported..and to be sold by Peter Horry, at his Store by Mr. Mott's Viz. Double and single refined Sugar..woosted and mill'd Capps, [etc.]. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 1 25 Cambrick, Lace, Milled Caps, and various Kinds of Paper. 1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 34 I..covered myself only with..a molton, or blanket coat; and a large, red, milled worsted cap. 1824 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches (1837) v. 206 His coat..is tweeled, milled, and thicker than a carpet. 1891 A. M. Earle Sabbath in Puritan New Eng. 89 The goodmen with..their milled or frieze stockings. 1937 Textile Mercury & Argus 17 Sept. 282/1 A heavily milled cloth presents a close compact fibrous surface which obscures the weave. 1990 N. Bissoondath On Eve of Uncertain Tomorrows (1991) 85 The sofa's smell, of factory plastic wrap and newly milled material, distressed him. ΚΠ 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre i. x. 39 All these seuerall parts of Armor is rather to bee of a Russet or blacke collour then mil'd. 1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 2 All this Armour is to be rather of Russet, Sanguine, or Blacke colour, than White or Milld, for it will keepe the longer from rust. 3. a. Of a coin or coinage: made by mill machinery; coined or struck in a mill and press (now historical); (hence) having uniform edges marked by machine, esp. with a repetitive ribbed pattern. Also: designating the edge of such a coin. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > milled or unmilled edge milled1639 unmilled1695 engrailed1830 reeded1854 society > trade and finance > money > coining > [adjective] > coined > by mill and press milled1639 1639 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1870) V. 599 All mylned turnouris beiring the stamp..to pass only for ane pennie. 1659 London Chanticleers xii. 26 He has got my box of mill'd sixpences and Harry groates. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. ii. 28/2 The Mill'd Crown pieces, or five shilling pieces, in all respects do answer the Mill'd Half Crowns; they are called Mill'd Pieces, because Coined round and Mill'd, with letters on the Rim or edges of them, on the out side, by which they cannot be Clipped. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. iii. 535 I have seen several modern Coins..that have had part of the Legend running round the edges, like the Decus et Tutamen in our milled money. 1777 J. Q. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 470 Guineas, half joes, and milled dollars in as high estimation as in Pennsylvania. 1854 H. N. Humphreys Coinage Brit. Empire (new ed.) 116 In 1663 the first issue of the improved milled coinage took place. 1880 Academy 29 May 406 A selection of rare..milled shillings from Elizabeth to George III. 1905 Numismatic Chron. 3 312 The milled sixpences [of Q. Elizabeth 1561–75]..were [not improbably] frequently treasured as pocket-pieces. 1966 H. A. Seaby Standard Catal. Brit. Coins (ed. 5) 154 Nicholas Briot's coinage, 1631–9. First milled issue, 1631–2. 1990 Guardian 27 June 4/8 The new 5p has a specially milled edge to help the blind. b. In extended use: marked with transverse grooves or ribs; esp. (of the head of a screw, etc.) notched to afford a hold for adjustment; (of metal) cut with a milling tool; (also, of a notch) so produced. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [adjective] > knurled or milled knurled1611 milled1705 1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1953 The Striæ are flat and milled, like the edges of a new Shilling. 1860 C. W. King Antique Gems ii. 167 These borders are milled, or formed of small strokes set close together. 1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 106 Above the Acetabulum..there is a..ring, more or less ‘milled’, for the attachment of the muscular fibres which move the spine. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 273/2 A milled or hexagonal ring K is then screwed over the inner steering tube. 1901 E. Step Shell Life viii. 124 The valves do not gape behind, and their inner margins are usually ‘milled’, so that the closed valves interlock. 1915 A. MacLennan Surg. Materials & their Uses vi. 210 (caption) Common type of clamp, with milled and fenestrated blades. 1980 Christie's Sale Catal.: Eng. & Welsh Porcelain 13 Oct. 22/1 A Worcester..lime-green-ground low stand..the waved milled rim gilt, puce script mark, circa 1825. 1989 A. C. Davies Sci. & Pract. Welding (ed. 9) I. v. 286 The procedure for this pre-cracking together with the depth and width of the milled notch is given in BS 5762. 1993 Cycling Weekly 23 Jan. 17/2 A full complement of Race Face componentry, including a milled titanium stem that works on the Aheadset system. c. Of timber, esp. flooring: having the edges shaped by machine so as to be capable of interlocking to form joints. ΚΠ 1934 Fifth Ann. Rep. (Standards Assoc. Austral.) 10 During the year, grading rules for milled flooring in the majority of Australian flooring timbers were completed and issued in four parts. 1947 Wood Oct. 30/1 Solid milled cutters, with the profiles of the moldings milled directly into them, are of different types. 1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) ii. 117 The barn was built on the english style and it was sheathed with milled one by fours and painted white. 4. Flattened by rolling or beating; esp. in milled board, milled lead. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > flattened or rolled rolled1593 plated1634 milled1677 planished1683 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > materials made from paper or pulp > [noun] > millboard milled board1677 millboard1712 1677 London Gaz. No. 1232/4 The late Invention for Milled Lead. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions (title page) The Mill'd-Lead-sheathing, and the Excellency and cheapness of Mill'd-Lead in preference to Cast Sheet-Lead. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4342/4 At the Pastboard Warehouse..are sold brown Mill'd Boards ready beat, fit for Bookbinders. 1711 Act 10 Anne c. 18 §37 All Pastboards, Mildboards and Scaleboards which shall be imported. 1858 Skyring's Builders' Prices (ed. 48) 105 Milled Lead, per cwt. £1 7s 0d. 1859 Stationers' Handbk. 74 Milled Boards, strong flexible boards, of various thicknesses and sizes, made from old tarred rope. 1859 A. J. Downing Hints about building in Country 146 Flashings of 5℔ milled lead to be applied wherever the lead coverings of gutters, flats, or roofs, turn up against vertical masonry. 1868 Stationers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 119 Milled, a term applied to paper, when rolled to an ordinary surface. 1982 P. Marsh Illustr. Dict. Building Milled lead, lead rolled into sheets from cast slabs. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [adjective] > whipped swungc1467 cast1597 whipped1673 milled1766 beatc1817 creamed1892 switched1909 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. x. 146 They..breakfasted on a pot of milled chocolate. 6. Of seed, rice, etc.: subjected to a process in a mill. a. Stripped of the hull or husk. ΚΠ 1811 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. (new ed.) 264 Milled Hop, hop clover-seed cleaned from the husk. 1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 237/2 The birds were fed on the milled rice mixed with the outer husks..which had been removed. 1972 B. O. Juliano in D. F. Houston Rice ii. 41 Glutelin or oryzenin is the major protein fraction of brown and milled rice. 1994 S. Owen Indonesian Regional Food & Cookery 236 Rice imported into the European Community pays duty; this is substantially higher on milled than unmilled rice. b. Esp. of grain, pepper: ground, pulverized. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [adjective] > ground well-groundc1500 multured1718 milleda1831 smacked1886 stone-milled1901 stone-ground1905 a1831 J. Bentham Lang. in Wks. (1843) VIII. 317/1 Milled corn is not cold; ice is cold. 1883 Cent. Mag. June 226/2 Raw crops and milled breadstuffs still sought the cheapest rates of freight. 1962 E. David in Spectator 24 Aug. 286/3 Add salt, freshly milled pepper. 1991 Country Living June 123 Fillet of Beef with Olive Oil and Rosemary... 1 teaspoon freshly milled pepper. 1997 BBC Vegetarian Good Food Feb. 15/1 Flour mites are a common problem and will appear as black specks in flour and other milled grains. c. Esp. of soap, curd: cut into small pieces or shreds, esp. for blending or mixing. ΚΠ 1877 Rep. Vermont Dairymen's Assoc. 8 79 ‘Milled Butter.’.. ‘The term is applied in some of the Eastern and in the St. Louis markets to butter which has been re-worked and re-colored, and put into a more marketable condition.’ 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 109/2 Milled Toilet Soaps..a fine milled delicately perfumed toilet soap. 1988 P. Rance Great Brit. Cheese Bk. (ed. 2) viii. 123 The milled curd falls on a platform with twelve holes which fit over a dozen calico-lined hoops into which the curd is shovelled. 1996 Countryside & Small Stock Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 21 Nov. 53 It takes at least three weeks for soap to cure, but milled soap is ready right away since it has already been cured and the lye is inactive. CompoundsΚΠ 1803 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 404 At E E are seen two milled-headed screws. 1876 S. Kensington Mus. Catal. No. 1146 A milled headed screw works this lift, and an adjacent butterfly screw. 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