MILLS

noun

1. A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
2. The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
3. 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.

verb

1. To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
2. To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
3. To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).

noun

1. An obsolete coin worth one thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
2. One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax.