Has friendship such a faint and milky heart?
Shak.
Milky Way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1.
Mill (ml), n. [L. mille a thousand. Cf. Mile.] A money of account of
the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the
thousandth of a dollar.
Mill, n. [OE. mille, melle, mulle, milne, AS. myln, mylen; akin to D.
molen, G. mühle, OHG. mul, muln, 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. √108. See Meal flour, and
cf. Moline.]
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.
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.