'Milling cutter' definitions:

Definition of 'Milling cutter'

From: GCIDE
  • Milling \Mill"ing\, n. The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See Mill. [1913 Webster]
  • High milling, milling in which grain is reduced to flour by a succession of crackings, or of slight and partial crushings, alternately with sifting and sorting the product.
  • Low milling, milling in which the reduction is effected in a single crushing or grinding.
  • Milling cutter, a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes.
  • Milling machine, a machine tool for dressing surfaces by rotary cutters.
  • Milling tool, a roller with indented edge or surface, for producing like indentations in metal by rolling pressure, as in turning; a knurling tool; a milling cutter. [1913 Webster]