millrun
Origin of millrun
1Other definitions for mill-run (2 of 2)
coming directly from a mill, especially without having been sorted: mill-run carpets.
Origin of mill-run
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How to use millrun in a sentence
But the main trouble is, we're under contract to deliver our mill run to Marshall & Harding.
The Rules of the Game | Stewart Edward WhiteDad burn you, Victor Brouillard, you're a man—ever' single mill-run of you!
The City of Numbered Days | Francis LyndeLater came the mill run by horse-power or by the energy of a little stream.
Cyrus Hall McCormick | Herbert Newton CassonIt is not dam easy to go in the summer, when the mill run night and day; but I say I will go.
The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete | Gilbert ParkerI know the history of the Cross from the day it made its first mill run.
The Plunderer | Roy Norton
British Dictionary definitions for millrun
/ (ˈmɪlˌrʌn) /
another name for millrace
mining
the process of milling an ore or rock in order to determine the content or quality of the mineral
the mineral so examined
mainly US (of commodities) taken straight from the production line; unsorted as to quality
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