rice-mill
rice-mill is the alternative form of rice mill.
Meaning of rice mill
Noun
rice mill (plural rice mills)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- rice husker, rice pounder, cog mill, pecker mill
- 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
Forms of rice-mill
| plural | rice-mills |
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Questions about rice-mill
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- Rice-mill is the alternative form of rice mill.
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