rice mill
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Noun
rice mill (plural rice mills)
- A rice huller, a device for removing the outer husks of raw grains of rice.
- 1661, Thomas Salusbury translating B. Castellus as "Mensuration of Running Waters" (Ch. 2, p. 61) in Mathematical Collections and Translations, Vol. I:
- 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:
- A building housing and powering such a device.
- 1802, J. Drayton, A view of South Carolina, as respects her natural and civil concerns, page 121:
- Rice mills, called pecker, cog, and water mills...
Synonyms
- (machine) rice huller, rice husker, rice pounder
- (US, both senses) pecker mill, cog mill