millrun

[ mil-ruhn ]

noun
  1. a test of the mineral content or quality of a rock or ore consisting of the actual milling of a sample.

  1. the mineral obtained by means of this test.

Origin of millrun

1
First recorded in 1645–55; mill1 + run

Other definitions for mill-run (2 of 2)

mill-run
[ mil-ruhn ]

adjective
  1. coming directly from a mill, especially without having been sorted: mill-run carpets.

Origin of mill-run

2
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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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 White
  • Dad burn you, Victor Brouillard, you're a man—ever' single mill-run of you!

  • Later came the mill run by horse-power or by the energy of a little stream.

    Cyrus Hall McCormick | Herbert Newton Casson
  • It is not dam easy to go in the summer, when the mill run night and day; but I say I will go.

  • I know the history of the Cross from the day it made its first mill run.

    The Plunderer | Roy Norton

British Dictionary definitions for millrun

millrun

/ (ˈmɪlˌrʌn) /


noun
  1. another name for millrace

  2. mining

    • the process of milling an ore or rock in order to determine the content or quality of the mineral

    • the mineral so examined

adjectivemill-run
  1. mainly US (of commodities) taken straight from the production line; unsorted as to quality

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