Mill vs Till - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between mill and till

is that mill is to engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin) while till is to work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.

As a proper noun Mill

is {{surname}.

As a preposition till is

to.

As a conjunction till is

until, until the time that.

mill

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

Noun

(en noun)

A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.

The building housing such a grinding apparatus.

A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process.

A machine for grinding and polishing.

A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.

A building housing such a plant.

An establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely, such as a divorce mill, etc.

(label) an engine

(label) a boxing match, fistfight

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(label) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.

(label) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.

(label) A passage underground through which ore is shot.

A milling cutter.

(label) A card or deck that relies on the strategy of putting cards directly from the draw pile into the discard pile.

Synonyms

* factory, works

Derived terms

{{der3, , cog mill , miller , millhouse , milling , mill race, millrace , millstone , mill wheel, millwheel , paper mill , pecker mill , pulp mill , rice mill , rolling mill , run-of-the-mill , rumor mill, rumour mill , steel mill , trouble at t' mill , watermill , windmill}}

Etymology 2

Ultimately from (etyl) (m).

Noun

(en noun)

An obsolete coin with value one-thousandth of a dollar, or one-tenth of a cent.

One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax.

Synonyms

* (one thousandth part) permille,

Coordinate terms

* (one thousandth part) * percent * basis point

Derived terms

* millage

Etymology 3

From the noun .

Verb

(en verb)

(label) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.

(label) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.

(label) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).

To move about in an aimless fashion.

To swim underwater.

To beat; to pound.

* Rudyard Kipling

(Thackeray)

To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.

To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.

To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.

(label) To place cards into the discard pile directly from the draw pile.

Synonyms

* (move about in an aimless fashion) roam, wander

Derived terms

* millable * nonmilled * unmilled

References

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External links

* (wikipedia "mill") * ----

till

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (Northumbrian) til, from (etyl) til.

Preposition

(English prepositions)

To.

*, Bk.XVIII, Ch.vii:

*:Than the knyghtes parters of the lystis toke up Sir Madore and led hym tylle hys tente.

*1854 , Prof. John Wilson, The Genius and Character of Burns , p.194 (Google preview):

*:Similar sentiments will recur to everyone familiar with his writings all through them till the very end.

Until, up to, as late as (a given time).

Synonyms

* (until) til, 'til, until

Conjunction

(English Conjunctions)

until, until the time that

Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.

* 1582 , 2:7:

that you stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please.

* 1846 , Edward Lear, The Book of Nonsense :

She twirled round and round, / Till she sunk underground,

* 1912 , anonymous, Punky Dunk and the Mouse , P.F. Volland & Co.:

And the Mouse sat and laughed till he cried.

Synonyms

* (until) 'til, until

Etymology 2

From (etyl) tillen'' "to draw" from (etyl) ''-tyllan'' (as in ''betyllan'' "to lure, decoy," and ''fortyllan'' "draw away;" related to ''tollian ). Cognate with Albanian . Or alternatively from (etyl) tylle'' "compartment" from (etyl) ''tille'' "compartment, shelter on a ship" from (etyl) '' "plank."

Noun

(en noun)

A cash register

A removable box within a cash register containing the money

Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe.

The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift

My count of my till was 30 dollars short.

(obsolete) A tray or drawer in a chest.

Etymology 3

(etyl) tilian

Verb

(en verb)

to develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc)

to work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops

* Bible, Genesis iii. 23

The Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

to cultivate soil

(obsolete) To prepare; to get.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "till")

Etymology 4

Unknown, but possibly via etymology 3 (the verb) because alluvial deposit is used as a fertilizer.

Noun

(wikipedia till) (en noun)

glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders

(dialect) manure or other material used to fertilize land

Etymology 5

Shortened from lentil.

Noun

(en noun)

A vetch; a tare.

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