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roller mill

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1828, OED Evaluation: N/A

A mill in which the grinding is done by rollers.

ExampleMeaning
... where they, ah- they, ah, took stones, you-see, and they put the corn down in this hole in a rock, a solid rock. And then they took the, ah- another stone and they went around and they ground it all. It's, ah, quite a change from the, ah, roller mills of today, eh?
A mill in which the grinding is done by rollers.
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Interviewer: And the mill itself, was that- you said a grist mill? Speaker 2: Yeah. Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: It was a grist mill. Speaker: And- and- and we ah had a- a roller mill. Interviewer: What's a roller mill? Speaker: Just for rolling grain.
A mill where grain is rolled.