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rice mill en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A rice huller, a device for removing the outer husks of raw grains of rice.
   • They are put to in turning of Corne-Mills, Paper-Mills, Gins, Powder-Mills, Rice-Mills,... and such other Machines. 1661, Thomas Salusbury translating B. Castellus as "Mensuration of Running Waters" (Ch. 2, p. 61) in Mathematical Collections and Translations, Vol. I
2. A building housing and powering such a device.
   • Rice mills, called pecker, cog, and water mills... 1802, J. Drayton, A view of South Carolina, as respects her natural and civil concerns, page 121:

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Synonyms

rice pounder · rice huller (machine) · rice husker · pecker mill (both senses) · cog mill