'Stamp mill' definitions:
Definition of 'stamp mill'
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noun
A mill in which ore is crushed with stamps [syn: stamp mill, stamping mill]
Definition of 'Stamp mill'
From: GCIDE
- Mill \Mill\, n. [OE. mille, melle, mulle, milne, AS. myln, mylen; akin to D. molen, G. m["u]hle, OHG. mul[imac], mul[imac]n, 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. [root]108. See Meal flour, and cf. Moline.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A common name for various machines which produce a manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the continuous repetition of some simple action; as, a sawmill; a stamping mill, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as, a cotton mill; a powder mill; a rolling mill. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Die Sinking) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Mining) (a) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. (b) A passage underground through which ore is shot. [1913 Webster]
- 8. A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling. [1913 Webster]
- 9. A pugilistic encounter. [Cant] --R. D. Blackmore. [1913 Webster]
- 10. Short for Treadmill. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 11. The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, as a coin or screw. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 12. A building or complex of buildings containing a mill[1] or other machinery to grind grains into flour. [PJC]
- Edge mill, Flint mill, etc. See under Edge, Flint, etc.
- Mill bar (Iron Works), a rough bar rolled or drawn directly from a bloom or puddle bar for conversion into merchant iron in the mill.
- Mill cinder, slag from a puddling furnace.
- Mill head, the head of water employed to turn the wheel of a mill.
- Mill pick, a pick for dressing millstones.
- Mill pond, a pond that supplies the water for a mill.
- Mill race, the canal in which water is conveyed to a mill wheel, or the current of water which drives the wheel.
- Mill tail, the water which flows from a mill wheel after turning it, or the channel in which the water flows.
- Mill tooth, a grinder or molar tooth.
- Mill wheel, the water wheel that drives the machinery of a mill.
- Gin mill, a tavern; a bar; a saloon; especially, a cheap or seedy establishment that serves liquor by the drink.
- Roller mill, a mill in which flour or meal is made by crushing grain between rollers.
- Stamp mill (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed by stamps.
- To go through the mill, to experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stamp mill'
From: GCIDE
- Stamp \Stamp\, n.
- 1. The act of stamping, as with the foot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die. [1913 Webster]
- 'T is gold so pure It can not bear the stamp without alloy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression. [1913 Webster]
- That sacred name gives ornament and grace, And, like his stamp, makes basest metals pass. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. That which is marked; a thing stamped. [1913 Webster]
- Hanging a golden stamp about their necks. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. [F. estampe, of German origin. See Stamp, v. t.] A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 6. An official mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Hence: A stamped or printed device, usually paper, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a tax stamp; a receipt stamp, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 8. An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure. [1913 Webster]
- 9. A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin. [1913 Webster]
- Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 10. Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp. [1913 Webster]
- A soldier of this season's stamp. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 11. A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or beating. [1913 Webster]
- 12. A half-penny. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 13. pl. Money, esp. paper money. [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- Stamp act, an act of the British Parliament [1765] imposing a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment used in the American colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped materials to be null and void.
- Stamp collector, (a) an officer who receives or collects stamp duties. (b) one who collects postage or other stamps, as an avocation or for investment; a philatelist.
- Stamp duty, a duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment used for certain writings, as deeds, conveyances, etc., the evidence of the payment of the duty or tax being a stamp. [Eng.]
- Stamp hammer, a hammer, worked by power, which rises and falls vertically, like a stamp in a stamp mill.
- Stamp head, a heavy mass of metal, forming the head or lower end of a bar, which is lifted and let fall, in a stamp mill.
- Stamp mill (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps; also, a machine for stamping ore.
- Stamp note, a stamped certificate from a customhouse officer, which allows goods to be received by the captain of a ship as freight. [Eng.]
- Stamp office, an office for the issue of stamps and the reception of stamp duties. [1913 Webster]